§ Mr. GARDNERasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether compulsory labour prevails in any of the Indian States subject to the paramountcy of His Majesty's Government?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe information in the possession of my Noble Friend points to the existence of some kinds of compulsory labour. Since the conclusion at Geneva in 1926 of the Slavery Convention, one of the articles of which prescribes certain limitations on the resort to compulsory labour, the attention of the Darbars of Indian States has been called to these provisions, which have been accepted on behalf of British India, with a view to their endeavouring to work steadily towards the same standard.