§ 4. Mr. T. Smith(for Mr. T. Williams) asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the widespread opposition in India to the federal portion of the Government of India Act, His Majesty's Government will consider introducing an amending Bill to the Act 1777 providing for direct election to the federal Lower House, for power over finance to be vested in the Lower House, and for the amendment of Sections 112 to 117 of the Act?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadThe provisions referred to were the result of deliberate decisions of Parliament in 1935, and His Majesty's Government have no intention of asking Parliament to reconsider them.