The doubts will arise in respect of companies or corporations, maybe in which government have only a share. Now, some limit would have to be indicated, above which the whole concern would be regarded as sufficiently a state concern to attract the exercise of the functions of the comptroller and auditor general. And at the appropriate time, I have no doubt that the house will be invited to give its thoughts to these matters and we might remove any doubts that might be lingering in the mind of the comptroller and auditor-general or in the mind of the public accounts committee. Next, I come to the control of parliament. The hon. Member quoted something from the U.K. As far as I can decipher the public accounts committee is never eliminated. I do not know whethe I misunderstood him. Anway, I make the statement that all reports and accounts issued by the corporations are presented to parliament and consequently are subject to scrutiny by the public accounts committee. It is the comptroller and auditor-general who does not always figure in these matters. But, there is a move to appoint an officer equal in status to the comptroller and auditor-general. Parliament comes in when moneys are appropriated. Parliament comes in when the public accounts committee consider, this there is no document that can be withheld from the public accounts committee. Sir, this short bill seeking to make certain amendments to the Indian (tariff) act with a view to granting protection to the power and distribution transformers industry and to continue or discontinue protection to certain other industries seems to suggest that it is not very much other than routine business. Sir, it is true that government come forward with amendments to the tariff act now and then and try to claim that they have come here to give protection to certain national industries. Sir, we all urge that the paramount necessity of our country is industrialisation, and therefore, any government action which might seek to improve the process of industrialisation in our country is commendable.
