6. c. 3) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that conferred independence on Burma, today called Myanmar.

The Act's most important provisions were: Prime Minister Clement Attlee introduced the Bill in Parliament for its second reading.

[2] He explained that the United Kingdom government had a duty to see to it that "minorities for whom we had a special responsibility were given due position under the new Constitution” and reported that he was satisfied that that was the case.

[3] The Prime Minister also provided Parliament with an overview of the historic relationship between the United Kingdom and Burma.

The Prime Minister reported that one of the most difficult problems in framing any constitution for Burma was the position of the tribes of the hill country, the Chins, the Kachins, the Shans of the Shan States, and the minority community of the Karens, these peoples having been administered under separate administration until they were brought under Burmese administration under the Government of Burma Act 1935.

[5] The Leader of the Opposition, Winston Churchill delivered a scathing attack on the United Kingdom government's handling of the question of Burma.