§ 47. Mr. LONGasked the Prime Minister whether he has been able to enlarge the scope of the special inquiry by the Imperial Defence Committee, as suggested by the Committee of the National Defence Association in their letter to him of the 26th February last; and whether he is in a position to communicate the terms of reference to the House?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is not desirable to widen the scope of this particular inquiry, the object of which is to discover whether any new factors have arisen which necessitate a reconsideration, and, if so, in what respect, of the conclusions on the question of oversea attack on the British Isles arrived at by the Committee of Imperial Defence in 1908. The bearing of the results of the inquiry on the wider aspects of Imperial defence will be examined in due course.