§ MR. BELLAIRSI beg to ask the Prime Minister, in view of the changes in the Government, whether they adhere to the statement of policy of the Secretary of State for War in the city of London on 4th January 1906, prior to the general election, when he announced that the Prime Minister and the Cabinet as a whole had given him a free hand in reference to the Army, and that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman laid such stress on efficiency that, if necessary, the Government was prepared to find more men and more money for the Army.
§ MR. ASQUITHIf my hon. friend will refer to the speech of the Secretary of State for War on the occasion in question, he will find that he said that while the policy was as stated in the Question, he was not at all sure that it would necessitate the finding of either more money or more men. My right hon. friend is of opinion that in this respect his anticipations have been well founded.