§ Mr. SWANasked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Hunter Commission of Inquiry is being boycotted by members of the Indian Congress; and whether the refusal of these persons to give evidence is due to the refusal of the authorities to allow certain persons now in gaol to give evidence before the Commission?
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§ Mr. MONTAGUThe Committee's inquiry has been boycotted by the Punjab Inquiry Sub-Committee of the All India Congress Committee, but, it is not the case that the authorities refased to allow persons in gaol to give evidence. The authorities offered facilities for the tendering of these persons' evidence to the Committee, but the Congress demanded their unconditional release en security during the period of the inquiry, and boycotted the inquiry because this was not granted.