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* Factories (Amendment) Bill
Mr. President : The House will now proceed to the consideration of the Factories Bill.
The Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : I propose to deal with that point. I have been asked by my Honourable colleague to speak on that point and I am quite competent to speak because every Member of this Government can speak on behalf of the Government as a whole.
Diwan Chaman Lall (West Punjab: Non-Muhammadan): Sir, I have to say something on this question unless the Honourable Member is agreeable to my speaking afterwards.
Mr. President : Even if he is agreeable I do not think I can permit it under the Rules after the Honourable Member has replied to the debate.
The Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Labour Member) : So much has been said already that it is not necessary to say more.
Mr. President, Sir. The debate that has proceeded so far has really left very little for me to say because what has been said by the one side against the Bill has, if I may say so, been effectively replied by the other side, and, therefore, certainly at this stage there is no great necessity for me to repeat what has been said already. If I rise at all it is to deal with the criticism that has been made by my Honourable friend, Mr. Vadilal Lallubhai. I have listened to his speech and I must say tha I have been quite unable to understand what complaint he has to make with regard to this Bill. I am quite aware and everybody else is that today there is a threat of cloth famine and that whatever we do with regard to the amendment of the Factories Act affecting the provisions relating to hours of work, we should be cautious to see that the situation with regard to cloth is not aggravated. My reply to the criticism of my friend is this that we have not only taken into
*Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V-No. 4, 4th April 1946, pp. 3526-27.