§ MR. BUCHANANTo ask the Secretary of State for War whether a Chief of the General Staff of the Army has been appointed as stated on page 22 of Part II. of the War Office Reconstitution Committee; and, if so, who holds this appointment, and upon what Vote his salary will be borne.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) Lieutenant-General Sir N. Lyttelton has been appointed Chief of the General Staff, and his salary is provided in Vote 565 13 as a military member of the Army Council.