§ MR. BUCHANANI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the charge for the staff of the Committee of Imperial Defence, for which money is asked for the first time in the Army Estimates, is to be borne for the future by Army funds, or will it be shared by other Departments that have representation on the Committee.
§ MR. BROMLEY DAVENPORTThe provision made in Army Estimates 1904–5 is for the extra staff who have been temporarily employed in the War Office on work connected with the Committee of Imperial defence. The question of the provision for the "permanent nucleus" of this Committee has not yet been settled.