HC Deb 28 January 1929 vol 224 cc614-5W
Mr. DAY

asked the. Under-Secretary of State for India the number of cases, during the previous 12 months, in which the Government of India have had to bring to the notice of the rulers of the Indian States the provisions of the convention, signed at Geneva, to prevent forced labour from developing into conditions akin to slavery; and can he give particulars?

Earl WINTERTON

As has been indicated in previous answers to questions, the procedure adopted was to bring the provisions of the convention to the notice of all the rulers of Indian States. This was done in August, 1927.

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