HC Deb 11 February 1943 vol 386 c1433
32. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has any recent report concerning the health of Mr. Jawarharlal Nehru and his daughter and of Mr. Gandhi?

Mr. Amery

I have had no very recent reports about Mr. Nehru or his daughter, but I am sure that I should have been informed if there had been any deterioration in their health. So far as I am aware, Mr. Gandhi was in his normal state of health when he decided yesterday to undertake a fast.

Mr. Sorensen

Has the right hon. Gentleman any statement to make regarding the fast contemplated by Mr. Gandhi and the correspondence between him and the Viceroy?

Mr. Amery

A very full statement on the subject and the whole of the correspondence have been published by the Government of India. They have been reproduced pretty fully in the Press, and I have taken care to have a copy available in the Library.

Commander Locker-Lampson

Will my right hon. Friend do anything to prevent Mr. Gandhi advertising himself unduly in this way?