5. So far as representation of commerce and industry is concerned, the method of representation through Chambers of Commerce and Associations has worked well in the past. The Southborough Committee on Constitutional Reforms had expressed their considered view that the method of representation to commerce should be through representative organizations. The Indian Franchise Committee appointed in connection with the 1935 Reforms also recognized the importance of organized bodies being chosen as the medium for special representation. Similarly, some of the Delimitation Committees then appointed had also recommended that if commercial interests were to be adequately represented in the Legislature, the member for the Commerce Constituency ought to be in a position to speak with the authority of a representative Chamber or Association behind him. My Committee, therefore, submit that the Constituent Assembly should adhere to this method of representation, so far as commercial interests are concerned, and select organized Chambers of Commerce as the Constituencies for the purpose of returning such representatives
