§ Major POLEasked the Secretary of State for India if the Government of India has considered the question of amending the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, so as to bring within the scope of the Act agricultural workers, domestic servants, and non-manual workers earning more than Rs.300 per annum and to authorise the compensation commissioner to take action in compensation cases, even though no application is made to him under the Act?
§ Mr. BENNThe Government of India have asked the Provincial Governments for opinions as to the desirability of amending the Act in a number of directions, and in particular on the questions whether the Act should be extended to2092W any fresh classes of employés, and whether steps should be taken to ensure that dependants entitled to compensation do not lose it though ignorance of their rights. The Government of India will no doubt consider carefully the views of the Provincial Governments in the light of any recommendations that may be made by the Royal Commission.