THE VICEROY'S VETO
PROTEST IN PARLIAMENT
GOVEKN3IENT'S DEFENCE
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) *
(Eeceived 18th June, 10.30 a.m.)
LONDON, 17th June.
During the consideration of the India estimates in the House of Commons, Mr. Lansbury (Labour) moved to reduce the India Office vole for the extension of Indian reforms. He protested against the detention of Indiana in'prisons without trial, and said that members, of the Labour Party were often accused of beiug unpatriotic merely because they wanted to give Indians an opportunity of saying whether they wished to belong to the Commonwealth of British Nations. He be lieved it was possible to do with
India what had been done with South Africa and Australia. Earl Winter ton, Under-Secre-tary of State for India, replying to Mr. Lansbury, said that the restrictions on Indian legislatures were exaggerated,, and the Viceroy 'n veto
was very rarely used. The constitutional machine was working more smoothly than was the case last year, and the Government is now collecting information as to its working and the possibilities of improvement, which will be used by the Commission which must be' established in 1029.
The reduction was defeated by 173 votes to ,45.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 18 June 1927, Page 9
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