asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has had any information from the Indian Government which would indicate that in their considered opinion those methods of repression, which failed so lamentably in Ireland, and which had consequently to be abandoned, are the only methods by which the situation in India can be met?

I find it difficult to understand what my hon. Friend has in mind. There is nothing in India which should be described as repression. Action has been taken to prevent civil disturbances and to put a stop to breaches of public order, in nearly every case by means of prosecution for offences against the ordinary law.