asked the Under-Secretary of State for India when the Government intends to carry out the recommendation of the Lee Commission to the effect that 20 per cent, of 50 per cent, of the appointments to the Indian Civil Service should be filled by officers promoted from the provincial Civil Service?

This recommendation is now under consideration, and a decision will be reached as soon as possible. If the hon. Member will look again at the Report, he will see that he understates the proportion recommended, which was 20 per cent, of the total recruitment.