HC Deb 08 February 1932 vol 261 cc467-8
29. Mr. RHYS DAVIES

asked the Secretary of State for India on what grounds the secretary of the Ahmedabad Labour Association has been ordered to report to the police?

Sir S. HOARE

I have no information regarding this case.

Mr. T. WILLIAMS

Will the right hon. Gentleman obtain information at the earliest possible moment so that we may know why this representative of Labour has been apprehended?

Mr. WARDLAW-MILNE

Will any right hon. Friend not consider whether it is not very inadvisable to ask the Government of India to provide details of this kind in connection with different bodies all over the country

Mr. LANSBURY

This is not a question of detail; it is simply a question of fact. Has the man been arrested?

Sir S. HOARE

As I said earlier, I am disinclined at this time to ask the Government of India to undertake great work in furnishing details of replies to questions. If there is a strong desire in any section of the House for a particular piece of information, I will try to satisfy that desire, but I do hesitate to give an undertaking that I will ask the Government of India for quantities of details which may not be essential.