§ Mr. T. Williamsasked the Under-Secretary of State for India what is the position in the six provinces where the Congress party is in a majority position; whether the legislatures have all been summoned; in which provinces the Congress party has declared itself ready to form a Government; and what is the position in the remaining provinces?
§ Earl WintertonThe position is that in each of the six Provinces the Ministries appointed when the Government of India Act, 1935, came into operation have tendered their resignations and the Governor has invited the provincial Congress leader to form a Ministry. I understand that in all six Provinces the invitation has been accepted and that the new Ministries have now been formed. In Madras and Bombay the Legislatures have already met; in the remaining Provinces they will be summoned to meet at some date convenient to the new Ministries during this month or early in August.