§ 29. Major-General Sir Alfred Knoxasked the Secretary of State for India whether he will give an assurance that in any post-war arrangement for the future government of India adequate arrangements will be made for the guarantee of British commercial interests?
§ Mr. AmeryHis Majesty's Government made it clear in connection with the recent offer that a guarantee of special protection for British commercial interests in India would not be a condition for the acceptance of whatever Constitution Indians might evolve after the war, and that any such provisions would more appropriately be a matter for negotiation with the future Government of India.
§ Sir A. KnoxWill my right hon. Friend remember that we have hundreds of millions of British capital invested in India?