Assembly Proceedings Official Report.Bengal Legislative Assembly Second Session 1937 29th July 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th August 1937

The Assistant Secretary of the Council announced the arrival of His Excellency to the Hon'ble the President and the Hon'ble the Speaker. [...] 3. The Hon'ble the President and the Hon'ble the Speaker then met His Excellency in the centre of the inner square under the small dome in the vestibule where a procession was formed in the following order :— MARSHAL. [...] In the region of finance always the touch-stone of popular control responsibility under the previous constitution vested in the Governor in Council whether the expenditure was to be made under the direction of a Minister or under that of an Executive Councillor : in other words Finance was a reserved subject. [...] There is one limit of 15 days in all set apart for the discussion of the demands for grants : the other limit is that of 2 days which is the maximum time that can be devoted to discussion of any one grant : the former power of the Governor to allocate a specific period frequently in practice brief for each grant has disappeared and the result is that subject only to the limits to which I have r [...] The change is intentional and the modified procedure represents a fairly close approximation to the practice of the House of Commons : it has been adopted in the hope of facilitating that responsible and discriminating criticism which in relation to the business of supply is one of the most important functions of a constitutional opposition.