Proceedings of the Legislative Council of the United Provinces Thursday 20th April 1939 Official Report

Shri Harish Chandra Bajpai : Was the opinion of the Provincial Government invited by the Government of India on the recommendations of the Tariff Board regarding reduction in import duty on foreign sugar before ace pting the recommendations of the Board ? Parliamentary Secretary to the Hon'ble the Minister of Justice (Shri Jugul Kishore) : No. [...] I want to know did the Government sue mot° refer anything to the Government of India ? The Hon'ble the Premier (Shri Govind Ballabh Pant) : I am not in a position to make a very definite statement but I can say this much that When it came to the notice of the Government that the Government of India was proposing to reduce the import duty and that a Bill was to he introduced to that effect the Go [...] Muhammad Ishaq Khan : Are we to understand from the statement of the Hon'ble the Premier that the Government informed the members of the Opposition of its views and did not inform the Government of India ? The Hon'ble the Premier : Because the Government of India never consulted this Government and I think that the Bill was pub in the final stage within a very few days When a Bill has been intro [...] Is it a fact that a Committee was appointed by the Chairman of the Board to enquire into all the matters raised by the report ? If so what were the findings of the Committee and the contents of the report ? *3. [...] Let me warn the Government that if the Bill is going to be passed and if this scheme in the Bill of the realization of the rent is passed then the Government will have to face a crisis Now I proceed to another main feature of the Bill namely the basis of rent.