§ MR. M'KENNAI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the enlarged scheme for the harbour and docks on the western side of Gibraltar, proposed by Her late Majesty's Government to Parliament in. 1896, and involving an increased expenditure of £2,313,000, and the still more enlarged scheme proposed by Her late Majesty's Government in 1897, whereby the increased expenditure was raised to £2,934,000, were previously to their adoption submitted to the Cabinet Committee of Defence; if so, were these, schemes sanctioned by the Cabinet Committee of Defence before their submission to Parliament: and does His Majesty's Government propose to submit to the Cabinet Committee of Defence any material alterations in these schemes that may be recommended by the Gibraltar Commission which recently examined the works at Gibraltar.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI cannot give to the hon. Gentleman or to the House any account of what passes in the Cabinet or its Committees.