§ 11. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Secretary of State for India whether he can report any further steps that have been taken by the Government of India for the training of suitable Indian gentlemen in India for commissions in His Majesty's Indian Army and Air Force?
§ Mr. BENNThe policy of continuing to train Indian cadets in this country for the present was recommended by the Indian Sandhurst Committee, and is still being followed.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYWhat are the conditions of the Skeen Committee?
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIs the Secretary of State aware that the Skeen Committee suggested the establishment of a college in India, and is that going to be proceeded with?
§ Mr. BENNThe Skeen Committee, which is the Indian Sandhurst Committee, recommended that a college should be set up in India, but not at present.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYHow does the right hon. Gentleman think Indianisation can be accomplished with 10 officers a year?
§ Mr. KIRKWOODMay I ask why, in a question from the Labour Benches, the expression "Indian gentlemen" is used? Why should it not be simply "Indian men"?
§ Mr. KIRKWOODIt is not always applied in the same form in this House, so that the right hon. Gentleman's reply does not suit the question.
§ Mr. MARJORIBANKSDoes the right hon. Gentleman propose to take into his 1842 consultations the hon. and gallant Member for Central Hull (Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy)?