§ 19. Mr. MARJORIBANKSasked the Secretary of State for India how the pay of the Indian police in British India compares with the pay of agricultural labourers in India?
§ Mr. BENNIt is impossible to make any satisfactory comparison on account of the variations in the pay of the police and wages of agricultural labourers in the different provinces.
§ Mr. MARJORIBANKSHaving regard to the immense importance of the police in the future development of personal liberty in India, will the right hon. Gentleman not consult with the Government of India with a view to increasing the pay of the Indian police?
§ Mr. BENNThe hon. Gentleman asks a totally different question in his supplementary from the original question.
§ Mr. SPEAKERSir Kingsley Wood.
§ Mr. MARJORIBANKSOn a point of Order. The right hon. Gentleman has described my question as different. I think I am in order in asking in what way it is different?
§ Mr. SPEAKERI did not hear the hon. Member's supplementary question, but it appears to have been out of order.