§ 146. Mr. R. A. Butlerasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the present discharge of his responsibility to Parliament for the peace, order and good government of India will continue to be fully assured by the Interim Government; and whether he will give an assurance that this proposed Government will be fully representative of the main sections of Indian opinion.
§ Mr. A. HendersonThe intentions of His Majesty's Government regarding the formation of an interim government have been made clear in paragraph 23 of the 179W statement by the Cabinet Mission and the Viceroy published in Command Paper 6821, and again in the statement issued in India by the Cabinet Delegation on 25th May. I would only add that under these proposals the present constitution must continue during the interim period as well as the responsibilities or the Secretary of State thereunder to parliament.