periodic Commissions to inquire (6) There shall be no Council of into the matter and to recommend State, but if the Council of to Parliament such further State is to be constituted, at advance as may be deemed least half of its total strength necessary or desirable in that shall consist of elected behalf. members, and that procedure by certification shall be confined (c) The power of certification to the reserved subjects. given to the Governor-General should be limited to matters (7) At least half the number of involving the defence of the Executive Councillors (if there country's foreign and political be more than one) in charge of relations, and peace and order reserved subjects should be and should not be extended to Indians. 'good government' generally or 'sound financial (8) The number of members of the administration.' Legislative Assembly should be raised to 150 and the proportion (e) This Conference recommends of the elected members should be that the composition of the four-fifths. Council of State should be so altered as to ensure that one (9) The President and the half of its total strength shall Vice-President of the consist of elected members. Legislative Assembly should be elected by the Assembly. (f) The Indian element in the Executive Government of India (10) The Legislative Assembly should be one-half of the total should have power to make or number of that Government. modify its own rules of business and they shall not require the sanction of the Governor General. (11) There shall be an obligation to convene meetings of the Council and Assembly at stated intervals, or on the requisition of a certain proportion of members. (12) A statutory guarantee should be given that full responsible government should be established in the whole of British India within a period not exceeding 15 years. (13) That there should be no Privy Council for the present. _Provincial Governments_ 1. There should be no additional (e) The proposal to appoint an members of the Executive additional Member or Members Government without portfolios. from among the senior officials, without portfolios and without 2. From the commencement of the vote for purposes of first Council the principle of consultation and advice only, responsibility of the ministers but as _Members of the Executive to the legislature shall come Government_, in the provinces into force. should be dropped.