§ MR. ASHLEY (Lancashire, Blackpool)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War on what principle the present distribution of cavalry in the United Kingdom is based.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. HALDANE,) HaddingtonThe primary consideration in the distribution of cavalry regiments in the United Kingdom is the accommodation which actually exists for them. Subject to this consideration every endeavour is made to group, in proximity to one another, the units of the various cavalry brigades of the field Army, thus rendering possible the supervision by the brigadier of the regiments under his command.
§ MR. MITCHELL-THOMSON (Lanarkshire, N.W.)Can the right hon. Gentleman give an approximate date at which the application of this provision to Scotland is likely to result in the stationing of a cavalry regiment there?
MR. HALDANE'Sreply was under-stood to be to the effect that there was already one regiment in Scotland.