It is our business to give to those who represent Her Majesty in India ample information as to what we believe to be sound principles of Government: and it is, of course, the function of this House to comment upon any case in which we may think they have failed to give due effect to those principles.
John Morley: “It is our business to give to those who represent Her Majesty in India ample information as to what we believe to be…”
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Morley highlights the responsibility of the British Parliament to inform Indian authorities about sound governance principles.
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