§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)To ask the Prime Minister whether it is the rule that all Orders in Council conferring extra grants on officers of the Army and Navy, over and above the amounts laid down by regulations, should be published in the London Gazette; and whether in the case of the unprecedented increase of half-pay to the First Sea Lord of the Admiralty by Order in Council, 8th January, 1906, this rule was duly complied with.
§ (Answered by Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman.) Yes, I believe it is the rule. But I understand that, during a long course of years, it has seldom been put 194 into practice. I propose to confer with my right hon. friend the Lord President of the Council as to the course to be adopted in future.