§ 1. Mr. Dayasked the Under-Secretary of State for India particulars that have been supplied to him of the number of British Europeans that have been killed and/or injured, in any communal riots in British India during the previous three years?
§ The Under-Secretary of State for India (Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead)I have not heard of any British European having been killed or injured in any communal riot in British India between 1st April, 1936, and 1st April, 1939.
§ Mr. DayAm I to understand that under the Government of India Act the 958 question of law and order is now solely a matter for the provincial governments?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadThat is so.