§ 7. Mr. T. SMITHasked the Secretary of State for India whether the Governments of the Indian Provinces have in any recent instances offered to use the machinery of arbitration provided for in the Indian Trades Dispute Act in the cases where industrial disputes and consequent strikes and lock-outs have taken place as a result of wage cuts by employers?
§ Sir S. HOAREI have no recent information, but will inquire.