§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he is able to state when the Report of the Committee of 266 Experts on the Administration of the Headquarters of the Army, of which he is the chairman, will be presented to the Secretary of State; and whether it is the intention of the Committee to invite the evidence of Members of this House who have served in the Army at home and abroad.
MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMSThe Committee to which the hen. Member refers is appointed to inquire into the Civil Establishment of the War Office, and the inquiry, though it has made considerable progress, is yet incomplete. It is impossible at present to say when a Report will be presented to the Secretary of State. The answer to the last paragraph of the question is in the negative.