858 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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*** Late Publication of Legislative Assembly and** Council of State Debates (1944 Autumn Session)
- Mr. Ananga Mohan Dam : Will the Honourable the Leader of the House please state :
(a) the dates on which the Legislative Assembly and Council of State Debates for the Autumn Session (November),
1944, were made available for sale and for supply to the Honourable Members, respectively; and
(b) the reasons for the late publication of those Debates ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The information is given in the statement@ attached.
(b) The delay in the publication of the debates was due to various causes, e.g., rush of operational war work, defective working of machines for want of replacement of spare parts and shortage of staff due to non-availability of suitable men.
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† Annual Reports of Supervisor of Railway Labour, Calcutta
- Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : Will the Honourable the Labour Member to pleased to state :
(a) whether the Supervisor of Railway Labour, Calcutta, has submitted to the Government his annual reports on the working of (i) the Payment of Wages Act, and (ii) the Hours of Employment Regulations subsequent to 1940-41 ; if so, whether these reports have been published in full or part and whether the Honourable Member will be pleased to lay copies thereof on the table of the House; and
*Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1945, 21st February 19-15, p. 630.
@ Statement omitted. —Ed.
† Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1945, 28th February 1945, p. 797.