§ Mr. SWANasked the Secretary of State for India how many Ministers it is pro-proposed to appoint in each of the provinces of British India; and whether, in view of the present number of high officials in the administration in India, he will see that, as far as possible, in no province in India there are more than two members of the Executive Council, as proposed in the Montagu-Chelmsford Report?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe number of Ministers and of the Members of the Executive Council in each province will be settled for each province in the light of the volume of work to be entrusted to them, and of the recommendations of the Governor. I cannot, at this stage, make any definite commitment in either case.