HC Deb 21 June 1921 vol 143 cc1115-6W
Sir J. D. REES

asked the Secretary of State for India whether a Committee has been appointed to examine the question of Indians in the United Kingdom; and, if so, what are the terms of the reference to such Committee and who are the members thereof?

Mr. MONTAGU

A Committee to examine the question of Indian students in the United Kingdom has been appointed. The Committee is constituted as follows:

The right hon. the Earl of Lytton, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India (Chairman).

Sir Deva Prasad Sarbadhikari, C. I. E., Member of the Legislative Assembly and lately Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta.

Diwan Bahadur M. Ramachandra Rao, Member of the Legislative Council, Madras.

Mr. C. E. W. Jones, Indian Educational Service, Director of Public Instruction, North-west Frontier Province.

Sir Murray Hammick, K. C. S. I., C. I. E., Member of the Council of India.

Sahibzada Aftab Ahmed Khan, Member of the Council of India.

Mr. Ernest Barker, M. A., Principal of King's College, London.

Mr. A. P. M. Fleming, O. B. E., M. I. E. E., of the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company, Limited.

Mr. M. N. Chatterjee, General Secretary' of the Y. M. C. A. Indian Students' Union and Hostel, London.*

Dr. S. K. Datta, Calcutta.

Miss L M. Brooks, Warden and Secretary of the London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women.

Secretaries: Mr. E. G. Howarth, of the Universities Branch of the Board of Education; and Mr. R. E. Field, of the Indian Students' Department of the Office of the High Commissioner for India.

The terms of reference to the Committee are as follows:

To report and make recommendations in regard to

  1. (1) the adequacy of existing arrangements in India for facilitating the access of Indian students to the United Kingdom, including the constitution and working of the Advisory Committees and their future relations to the Provincial Governments;
  2. (2) the extent and directions in which the Secretary of State's control should be exercised as distinct from the actual work of administration which will be entrusted to the High Commissioner;
  3. (3) details of the work to be undertaken in the United Kingdom and the relations that should be established with Universities and other institutions or bodies, or with manufacturers or commercial firms in order to provide for the admission of Indian students and the provision of any special or technical training that may be required; and
  4. (4) any other question affecting the education or well-being of Indian students in this country upon which the Committee may desire to make recommendations.

* Prevented from attending throughout the Committee.