HC Deb 07 March 1902 vol 104 c715
MR. M'KENNA

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will lay upon the Table the Papers relating to the purchase of mules in Spain, to which reference is made at page 220 of the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the Army Appropriation Account, 1900–1901; in particular giving the name of the agent who took private commission from the dealers in addition to the commission paid to him out of Army funds, and the amount of such commissions, and stating in what manner the remount officers satisfied themselves of the correctness of the sum claimed by the agent.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Lord STANLEY,) Lancashire, Westhoughton

This question will come before the Public Accounts Committee, and I am, therefore, not prepared to discuss it at the present time.