§ MR. WEIRI bog to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether inventions submitted to the War Office go 926 directly before a Departmental Committee; and, if so, will he state the composition of that Committee; and seeing that the inventor has to submit drawings of his invention in duplicate, will he state what steps are taken to prevent such inventions from being pirated.
§ MR. WYNDHAMInventions may or may not be submitted to the consideration of a Committee. It depends on the nature of the invention. If any inventor asks to have his proposals treated as confidential, they are so treated. When the invention is patented no such necessity arises.