§ Mr. SCURRasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the employers and landholding classes have 13 special representatives on the Madras Council; and whether, in view of this fact and the Report of the Reforms Inquiry Committee in favour of increased labour representation, he will make representations to the Government of India in favour of an allocation of seats for labour on the Madras Council?
§ Earl WINTERTONLandholders have six, and commercial bodies five seats on the Madras Council, and if the European and planters' constituencies are counted as employers the hon. Member's total of 13 is correct. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative. The total number of factory labourers in the Presidency is only about 120,000, and my Noble Friend agrees with the Madras Government that it is unnecessary to give them special representation.