HC Deb 22 May 1905 vol 146 cc983-4
SIR HOWARD VINCENT

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if the Committee of Imperial Defence has had under consideration the continuance of the state of affairs declared to exist in 1900, that there was no effective organisation for the utilisation of the Volunteers, notwithstanding the recommendations to that end of the Duke of Norfolk's Commission in June last; and what steps it is proposed to take in the matter.

THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.

I think it would be desirable that any Question dealing with the organisation of the Volunteers or of any other military force should be addressed to the Secretary for War and not to the Chairman of the Committee of Defence, with whom the matter does not rest. Perhaps my hon. friend will put this Question down to the Secretary for War for another day.

SIR HOWARD VINCENT

I will raise the question on the Motion for the adjournment for the Whitsuntide holidays.