Oral Answers to Questions — India. – in the House of Commons at on 6 February 1929.
Mr. WARD LAW-MILNE:
May I ask the House to turn to another battlefield? May I ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has any information to give to the House regarding the riots in Bombay and Calcutta, beyond those which have appeared in the Press?
Mr David Margesson
, Rugby
I have been asked to reply, as my Noble Friend is unable to be present on account of an injury to his hand. My Noble Friend has, up to the present, received no further information regarding the rioting in Bombay than has appeared in the Press. No official reports have been received of rioting in Calcutta.
Mr John Wardlaw-Milne
, Kidderminster
Can my hon. and gallant Friend say whether it is correct that a British police officer has been killed by the rioters?
Mr David Margesson
, Rugby
There is no official confirmation of that report.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
