§ Captain Gammansasked the Secretary of State for India in what proportion the cost of the war against Japan is borne by the Imperial and Indian Exchequers, respectively.
§ Mr. AmeryThe incidence of military defence expenditure between His Majesty's Government and the Government of India during the war, including the war against Japan, is determined by the agreement announced in the House in February, 1940. In accordance with that agreement the cost of operations that can be regarded as the local defence of India falls on Indian revenues. Expenditure relating to the expulsion of Japanese Forces from Indian territory obviously falls in that category. I am not in a position to translate the effect of this arrangement, in relation to the whole eventual cost of operations against Japan, into any specific proportions as between the British and Indian Exchequers.