Government of India Act (Committee of Inquiry).

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — India. – in the House of Commons am ar 26 Mai 1924.

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asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the fact, that the published forms of reference of the Committee set up by the Government of India to inquire into the working of the Government of India Act includes the power to recommend amendments to that Act in order to rectify administrative imperfections, he can state if the Com- mittee will report to the Viceroy or the Secretary of State, and whether there is any precedent for entrusting to an official Committee, which has on it no Member of this House or of another place, the duty of suggesting alterations in an Act of Parliament?