§ 87. Mr. C. WILLIAMSasked the Secretary of State for India the total number of deaths in India due to disturbances in 1928, 1929, 1930, and to the last convenient date in 1931?
§ Mr. BENNI regret that I have not yet received the Government of India's reply to my inquiry regarding these statistics, the compilation of which, as I have already stated, entails considerable labour.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSAs I began asking these questions in April, cannot the Government give us any figures?
§ Mr. BENNThe hon. Member asked for an elaborate statistical table, and I wrote to India asking whether it could be compiled. I have not yet had an answer. When the answer is received, I will communicate it to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSI did not ask for an elaborate table, but only for the total figures, of which, surely, the right hon. Gentleman most have some idea.