HC Deb 05 May 1947 vol 437 c6
9. Sir Waldron Smithers

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is now in a position to give a final decision as to pay due to members of the Indian Civil Service, Indian police and others, for periods of leave accumulated during the war, particulars of which have been sent to him.

The Under-Secretary of State for India (Mr. Arthur Henderson)

I would refer the hon. Member to paragraph 6 of the statement made by the Prime Minister on 30th April.

Sir W. Smithers

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give an assurance that those British subjects who have served India so faithfully and so long will not have their position made worse by the surrender of India by the Socialist Government?

Mr. Henderson

I think that if the hon. Gentleman cares to read very carefully the statement that the Prime Minister made on 30th April he will realise that that is the position.

Sir W. Smithers

But is the right hon. and learned Gentleman aware that, since then, I have had a letter which is not at all satisfactory?

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