828 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(b) Is the Honourable Member aware that a constitution of the said enquiry is beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Legislative list ?
(c) If the reply be in the affirmative will the Honourable Member be pleased to state the reason for such encroachment upon the Provincial Legislative List as set out in the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes, the Committee has been appointed.
(b) and (c) In appointing the Committee the Central Government proceeded on the view that no such encroachment was involved, but the Honourable Member is of course free to form his own opinion.
Mr. Satya Narayan Sinha : Will the Honourable Member please state under what section of the Government of India Act has the action been taken ?
Mr. President (The Honourable Sir Abdur Rahim): Presumably Government have acted upon their own responsibility.
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*** Summary of Proceedings of the Fifth Labour** Conference and the Fourth Meeting of the Standing Labour Committee
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Labour Member): Sir, I lay on the table a copy each of the Summary of Proceedings of the Fifth Labour Conference held at New Delhi on the 6th and 7th September 1943 and the Fourth Meeting of the Standing Labour Committee held at Lucknow on the 25th and 26th January 1944.
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@ Government Contribution to Indian Labour Federation
- Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state if his attention has been drawn to a contribution by the United Press, published in the Sind Observer of the
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V of 1944, 20th November 1944, p. 1041.
@ Ibid., Vol. I of 1945, 9th February 1945, pp. 87-88.