Circular letter from Sir Nairne Stewart-Sandeman and Patrick Donner [Honorary Secretary, India Defence League], to members of the India Defence Parliamentary Committee, on the emptiness of the House of Commons during the debate on the Second Reading of the Government of India Bill; requesting that members be present when other members of the Committee were speaking on India; commenting that it was hard to deliver effective speeches to an empty House, and the "moral support afforded by supporters was greatly appreciated".