MR. GIBSON BOWLESTo ask the First Lord of the Treasury, can he say whether the provisions of the Army Order of January 6th, 1905, relative to financial control came into force on February 15th, 1905; whether they are still in force; and whether, in view of the Report of the Public Accounts Committee thereon of May 26th, they will be reconsidered.
(Answered by Mr. A. J. Balfour) The Order, I am informed, is in force in districts where local audit already existed. In other districts it came into operation on May 1st. The Order is still in force. The Report of the Public Accounts Committee on this particular matter is now under the consideration of the Treasury and the War Office.