§ 11. Mr. CHARLES WILLIAMSasked the Secretary of State for India if he will ask the Government of India to inquire from the local Governments concerned how many lives were lost and police killed, respectively, in disturbances of all kinds in the provinces of Madras and Bombay during the years 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930 respectively; and how many lives were lost in similar circumstances during each of the same years in Calcutta?
§ Mr. BENNYes, Sir. I will ask the Government of India if this information can be supplied without the expenditure of undue labour.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSWhen will the right hon. Gentleman let the House have these figures?
§ Mr. BENNI really cannot say, but I do not propose to put pressure on the Government of India. The hon. Member is asking for figures for 1925 at a time when the Governments in the Provinces are fully occupied.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSThen will the right hon. Gentleman let the House have the figures for the last three years, which cannot be very difficult to obtain?