§ SIR GEORGE FARDELL (Paddington, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary for Home Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the publication in The Times to-day of the principal recommendations contained in the Report of the Committee on Fire Brigades before the Report has been laid on the Table of the House and circulated, and if he will, as 655 chairman, inform the House how this confidential document has been obtained by The Times.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. JESSE COLLINGS,) Birmingham, BordesleyI have seen the publication to which my hon. friend refers, and am sorry I can give him no information whatever as to how or by whom that information was given. The last act of the Committee before separating was to pledge themselves that they would give no information whatever on the subject until the Report was printed and in the hands of Members.