54. Captain FABERasked the Prime Minister if he will consider the advisability of holding a council of the highest military experts, to include general officers in chief of commands and the commandant of the staff college, in addition to the Army Council, with a view to considering the defences of the country?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNaval and military experts are members of the Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on Overseas Invasion, and I do not consider the formation of any further body necessary.
55. Captain FABERasked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of at once forming an aerial department, with a skilled designer and constructor, corresponding in his duties to the Director of Naval Construction at the Admiralty; and whether a third arm of the Service to represent flying can be formed?
§ The PRIME MINISTERFor the reasons given by my right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Admiralty in his speech on Monday last I am not prepared to adopt the hon. and gallant Member's suggestion.