§ Major POLEasked the Secretary of State for India if he will give information in respect of the present position in the matter of the proposed establishment of an all-India medical research institute?
§ Mr. BENNIn March, 1930, I sent my hon. and gallant Friend a copy of a Debate in the Legislative Assembly which showed that the Government of India had then decided to summon a conference to inquire into the most suitable centre for the proposed central medical research institute and other matters. This conference was held in July and passed a resolution (the official members not voting) that a central medical research institute on the lines advocated by the Fletcher Committee should be located at a university centre as soon as financial conditions permitted. The Government of India are considering this resolution, but anticipate that it will not be possible to bring the institute into existence either at Dehra Dun or elsewhere so long as the present financial stringency continues.