§ Captain Bairdasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the attitude of the Ceylonese Tamils and Indian Tamils in Ceylon to the Sri Lanka Bill; and if he will consider making this Bill available to Members.
§ Mr. George HallOn the Third Reading of the Bill in the State Council of Ceylon, which was passed by a majority of 40 against seven, one Tamil member and two Indian members voted in opposition to the Bill. One Indian and two Tamil members voted in favour of it, and one Indian and two Tamil members were absent when the vote was taken. One Tamil member declined to vote. I am placing in the Library of the House a copy of the Ceylon Government Gazette of 18th December, 1944, which contains the text of the Bill.