asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Bar Council of the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon has issued a rule, under the Bar Councils Act of 1926, debarring all those from practising, either in the High Court or the lower Courts in Burma, who have not been enrolled in the Rangoon High Court, and whether, in view of the fact that the Bar Councils Act of 1926 expressly permits advocates enrolled in the High Courts in any of the provinces in India to practise, of right, in the lower Courts in other provinces and, subject to con- ditions laid down by the Bar Council of the High Court concerned, in the High Courts of those provinces, he will direct the attention of the Government of India to the rule issued by the Bar Council at Rangoon withholding these privileges granted by the Act?

A rule of the nature indicated was made by the Bar Council this year, but it contained the proviso that an advocate of another High Court might be permitted to plead and act in a particular cause or matter with the express permission of the presiding Judge. As regards the second part of the question, inquiry will be made of the Government of India as to the present position.