§ 6. Mr. W. J. BROWNasked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the address on behalf of the prosecution delivered by the Crown prosecutor on the opening day of the magisterial inquiry in the Meerut conspiracy case; whether he will explain why a full report of this address was drawn up and distributed at the expense of the Government of India; if he will say how widely this distribution was made; and whether a full report of the address will be made available for Members of Parliament in the form of a White Paper?
§ Mr. BENNYes, Sir. In view of the importance of the matter a verbatim note of the prosecuting Counsel's speech was taken and was, I presume, distributed to the Press who received all other facilities for reporting the case: but I have no information as to the extent of the distribution. Until the trial is over it is premature to consider the laying of a White Paper.