Council of State Debates Tuesday 5th September 1922 Official Report

The Council met in the Assembly Chamber at a Quarter to Eleven of the Clock being the first day of the third Session of this Council pursuant to S. 63D (2) of the Government of India Act and the Honouable the President (the Honourable Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman Kt. [...] The duties of the Committees will he of an advisory nature and I trust that the Departments will find the Committees of real assistance and that the members of the Committees on their part will gain a wider insight into the problems of the administration and that experience will demonstrate the benefits to be derived from the continuance of this system. [...] I came charged with the task of helping to guide India along the road of constitutional progress to the ultimate -realisation of her aims in accordance with the declaration of 1917 and His Majesty's proclamtion and under The special directions of His Majesty the King-Emperor contained in the Instrument of Instructions issued to me with my Warrant of. [...] It is there Stated that the goal is the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of selgoVerning institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government within the Empire. [...] But can you wonder that they created a deplorable impression upon the British people throughout the Empire notwithstanding the devotion and loyalty of the great majority of the people of India ? The mischief was delberately done and in spite of the solemn warning I ventured to give of its inevitable effect upon the British people and the British Parliament.