Questions and Answers - Page 956

L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 935

The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : If I find time, I will.

Mr. Badri Dutt Pande : How did the Honourable Member say in reply to my supplementary question that the question does not arise of placing a statement of accounts on the table of the House when it is definitely stated in the question that a statement of accounts should be so laid showing how the amount was spent ?

The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have not been able to follow the question.

Mr. Badri Dutt Pande : You said just now that the question of laying a statement of the accounts on the table does not arise, but that is a definite part of the question as stated in part (b).

The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am sorry. Such information as I have I will lay on the table of the House.

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*** Authority for Appointment of Mica** Enquiry Committees

  1. Mr. Ram Narayan Singh : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state whether, according to the

7th Schedule of the Provincial Legislative List, item 27 to the Government of India Act, 1935, Mica Industry is a provincial subject ? If so, is the formation of the present Mica Enquiry Committee by the Government of India within their powers under the Act ?

The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have nothing further to add to the reply I gave to Mr. Satya Narayan Sinha’s short notice question on the same subject on the 20th of November, 1944.

Mr. Ram Narayan Singh : May I ask whether this is an encroachment by the Government of India on the rights of the Provincial Governments ?

The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : As I said, I have nothing to add to the answer I gave.