Part of Orders of the Day — Indian Independence Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 July 1947.
Mr Woodrow Wyatt
, Birmingham Aston
12:00,
14 July 1947
Is it also intended to appoint High Commissioners in both India and Pakistan; and could my right hon. and learned Friend give us any details of the type of staff the High Commissioners to India and Pakistan will have? I should like to reinforce what the right hon. Member for Saffron Walden (Mr. R. A. Butler) has said on this matter, because it is obviously of great importance to us that, in the initial stages at any rate, we should have a first class trade and technical organisation attached to both High Commissioners. If the Under-Secretary could give any information on that point we should be grateful.
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