§ MR.RATCLIFF (Staffordshire, Burton)To ask the Secretary of 70 State for War what proportion of men serving in the Militia are estimated to be habitually unemployed during the winter.
§ MR. RATCLIFFTo ask the Secretary of State for War if any increased cost is anticipated from his decision to substitute winter for summer training in the case of the twenty Militia battalions.
§ LORD MORPETH (Birmingham, S.)To ask the Secretary of State for War if the commanding officers of Militia battalions have reported to him that winter, as opposed to summer, training will conduce to the efficiency of their battalions; and if these Reports can be laid upon the Table.
§ LORD MORPETHTo ask the Secretary of State for War which are the twenty battalions of Militia selected for winter training this year.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) In reply to these Questions will the hon. Members kindly refer to a full reply which I gave on this subject on Thursday 1st instant to Questions put by the hon. and learned Member for Cambridge University and other hon. Members,+ in which they will find such information as I am in a position to give to the points now raised. I may add that the sum of £35,000 has been taken in Estimates for 1906–7 for the lengthened recruit drill of the twenty Militia battalions.