§ Mr. GEORGE HALL(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister what arrangements are proposed to be made for fulfilling the responsibilities of His Majesty's Government as laid down in the Government of Burma Act?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Government have come to the conclusion that following the separation of Burma from India there should be a separate Secretaryship of State for Burma, and also a new office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Burma. For reasons of practical convenience the Secretaryship of State and Parliamentary under-Secretaryship for Burma will, for the present, be held by the same persons as the Secretaryship of State and Parliamentary Under-Secretaryship for India, and the Burma Office will be housed in the India Office.