§ MR. JOHN WILSON (Falkirk Burghs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the advisory board in connection with the Militia regiments have come to a resolution that it is desirable that county Militia battalions should be trained in the counties to which they belong; and, if so, will he arrange that in future the 3rd and 4th battalions Scottish Rifles, and the 3rd and 4th battalions Highland Light Infantry, which are the four battalions connected with Lanarkshire, will be trained as heretofore at Lanark instead of at Irvine, where they have been ordered.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. BROMLEY DAVENPORT, Cheshire, Macclesfield)Training arrangements are in the hands of the General Officers Commanding in Chief, who must necessarily be guided by various considerations when deciding on the locality most suitable. A general principle is that training should, if practicable, take place in the locality of the unit at least once in three years.