§ Mr. SANDYSasked whether, in the event of a grave national emergency, the Government contemplate the adoption of a system of compulsory military service for two years at the age of nineteen or twenty?
§ Colonel SEELYNo, Sir.
§ Mr. SANDYSAre we to understand from the right hon. Gentleman's reply that he wishes to dissociate himself from the speech made by Lord Haldane at Chelmsford, in which he said that in certain circumstances compulsory service may be necessary?
§ Colonel SEELYThe statement in the question is not the statement of my Noble Friend.