HC Deb 07 March 1902 vol 104 c712
MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether it is with his sanction that Brigadier General Sir Forestier Walker is a director of the South African and Australasian Cold Storage Company.

MR. BRODRICK

Officers on half-pay require no sanction for serving on the Board of a Company.

MR. DILLON

Am I to understand that the right hon. Gentleman approves of Sir Forestier Walker's acting as a director of this Company, which has contracts with the Government?

MR. BRODRICK

It is not my duty to express my approval, or otherwise, of the action of an officer on half-pay in any matter which does not come under the jurisdiction of the War Office.