§ MR. SEYMOUR ORMSBY-GOREI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury when it is proposed to take the Volunteer Vote.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI cannot say, but I will give full notice of the Vote, as I cannot now fix a day for its discussion.
§ MR. SEYMOUR ORMSBY-GOREWill it be subsequent to the Vote for the salary of the Secretary of State for War?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURYes, Sir; it will be.
§ MR. MCCRAE (Edinburgh, E.)Will it be possible before the Vote comes on to make a statement with regard to the decision of the Government as to the Report of the Commission which has just concluded its sittings?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI think it probable that my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for War will make a very broad and general statement with regard to the military policy of the Government. Whether he will refer in detail to the recent Report of the Commission I cannot now say.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN (Stirling Burghs)When the Secretary of State for War has made that broad and general statement, which I hope will also be a detailed and comprehensive statement, will the right hon. Gentleman endeavour to give the House time to digest it before being called upon to discuss it?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI will consider whether some arrangement cannot be come to. I think it is a matter in which my right hon. friend near me will be able to make an arrangement satisfactory to the House.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI do not suggest that the Government should give a greater amount of time.