§ 49. Mr. LYNCHasked the Prime Minister whether he will arrange for a Secret Sitting of the House so that the truth of the Cambrai affair may be told?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe answer is in the negative.
§ Mr. LYNCHWill the right hon. Gentleman give an assurance that at least the Western Front will be as stubbornly defended as the reputations of those unsuccessful generals?
§ Mr. PRINGLEWill the right hon. Gentleman say why Ministers discuss these matters at arranged gatherings outside, while all the facilities for discussion in the House of Commons are denied?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIf the hon. Member refers to the Secretary of State for War—
§ Mr. PRINGLEI do.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI have read his statement., and I do not see a single particle in it in which he differs from statements made in this House.
§ Mr. HOGGEArising out of the answer, does it mean according to the question that the truth has not been told?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt means that the answer to the question is that I do not propose to give any further facilities.
§ Mr. PRINGLECan the right hon. Gentleman say when Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch on this incident will be published?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI cannot say. It has not yet been received.