744 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Second part—Yes.
Third part—No.
(b) The answer to the first half of the question is in the affirmative and to the second half in the negative.
(c) Strength of the staff that moved from Delhi … 35
Number of the Staff provided with quarters in Delhi … 7
Number of the Staff provided with quarters in Lahore … 18
Number of the Staff that surrendered accommodation in 5
Lahore on grounds of inadequacy.
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*** Delays at Sales Office of** Manager of Publications, Delhi
- Mr. Kailash Bihari Lall : Will the Honourable Member for Labour please state if it is a fact that a person has to wait for hours for publications at the counter of the Sales Office of the office of the Manager of Publications, Old Bihar ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The reply is in the negative.
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@ Election of Members to the Standing Committee for the Labour Department
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Labour Member): Sir I move :
“That this Assembly do proceed to elect, in such manner as the Honourable the president may direct, five non-official Members to serve on the Standing Committee to advise on subjects, with which the Labour Department is concerned.”
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1944, 17th March 1944, p. 1227. @ Ibid., p. 1235.