§ MR. MCCRAE (Edinburgh, E)To ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he can state the number of troops necessary for home defence based on the scheme agreed to by the Committee of Imperial Defence.
§ MR. MCCRAETo ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he can state what will be the position assigned to the Volunteers in the scheme of national defence considered necessary by the Committee of Imperial Defence to repel invasion; and whether he will give an early day for the discussion of Vote 5, Army Estimates (Volunteers).
(Answered by Mr. A. J. Balfour.) I am afraid, owing to other claims on the Committee of Supply, I cannot fix the date for this particular Vote. With all respect, I do not think that the matter raised in these Questions by the hon. Gentleman can be usefully dealt with in the form of Question and Answer.