§ 1. Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for India which of the reports of the Committees which were appointed by the Provincial Governments in the autumn of 1927 to inquire into the consumption of opium in certain areas are still awaiting publication; and can he give the House information as to the results obtained from comparisons of these reports?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Wedgwood Benn)I am not aware that any of the reports have been published with the exception of those for Bengal and Bihar and Orissa. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of a note of the proceedings of the conference of representatives of local Governments which considered the reports.
§ Mr. BENNThe hon. Member will see what is being done by the report of the proceedings which I am sending to him.