HC Deb 03 June 1938 vol 336 cc2418-9
20. Mr. Day

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India particulars of the number of occasions during the previous three years in which a military force or detachments have been used to assist the police in India?

The Under-Secretary of State for India (Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead)

The Government of India have been asked for a report.

Mr. Day

Will this mean a strengthening of the police force in the Provinces of India?

Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead

Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will put that question on the Order Paper.