§ Sir C. OMANasked the Secretary of State for India whether he will consider the inadvisability of giving passports and other facilities to scientific expeditions in India not conducted by British subjects, in view of the treatment of Indians by such expeditions on recent occasions?
§ Mr. BENNApplications by foreigners for visas to enable them to enter India are considered on their merits, and the question whether any, and, if so, what facilities shall be given in India to a foreign scientific expedition is primarily a matter for the Government of India and the local Government.