§ COLONEL R. WILLIAMS (Dorsetshire, W.)To ask the Secretary of State for War in what respects he has reconstituted the office of Director of Army Finance; whether the minute or other document defining the duties and responsibilities of the reconstituted office has the approval of the Treasury and will be laid upon the Table of the House; and if he can assure the House that its financial control is in no way weakened by the change.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The details of the changes involved have not yet been settled; but the hon. and gallant Member may rest assured that in any modifications that may be made the principles laid down in the second Report of the Public Accounts Committee of this year will be carefully and exactly observed, and the financial control of the House will be in no way weakened. I shall be prepared when the time comes to lay upon the Table a document defining the responsibilities and duties of the Assistant Financial Secretary, who will be the Accounting. Officer of the War Department.