HC Deb 07 May 1930 vol 238 c959
57. Major POLE

asked the Secretary of State for India if he can give information showing which of the provincial Governments in British India have enacted legislation prohibiting the smoking of opium; and if action is being taken towards the same end in those provinces where opium smoking is still permitted by law?

The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Wedgwood Benn)

I could not adequately answer this question within the limits of an oral reply. I am having my hon. and gallant Friend supplied with a copy of a recent report to the League of Nations and would invite his attention to pages 11 and 12.

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