§ GENERAL SIR GEORGE BALFOURasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Why the Report of Lord Northbrook's Committee on the Indian (Home) and War Office Charges has not been laid before Parliament, and whether a Copy of the Proceedings will at once be placed in the Library for reference prior to the discussion on the 230 Indian Budget; and, whether the information needed by the Comptroller and Auditor General, as set forth in his Report on the Appropriation Account on Army (Indian) Home Charges, will without delay be supplied both to the House and to the Auditor General?
§ LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISHSir, as far as I am aware, the Report of Lord Northbrook's Committee on the reimbursement of Effective Charges incurred in England on account of Her Majesty's troops serving in India, dated October 4, 1880, has not yet been moved for. There is no objection to giving it if my hon. and gallant Friend will move for it; and, if he wishes it, a Copy can be placed in the Library without delay. As regards the second part of the Question, I can only assure my hon. and gallant Friend that the Treasury will supply, as far as it is able to do so, all information which the Comptroller and Auditor General may require in connection with the account of the Vote on Indian Home Charges. Such information would, in due course, reach the House through the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and of the Committee of Public Accounts.