§ MR. HERBERT LEWIS (Flint Burghs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the secret memorandum entitled Military Notes on the Dutch Republics of South Africa, revised to June, 1899, containing full information as to the Boer armaments, was supplied to members of the Cabinet in the year 1899; and, if so, on what date.
§ MR. BRODRICKDetails as to the distribution of secret documents to the Cabinet is a matter which the House will understand cannot be made public.
§ MR. FLAVIN (Kerry, N.)Does the right hon. Gentleman deny the substance of the question?
§ [No answer was returned.]