§ Mr. KELLAWAYI beg to ask the Prime Minister a question, of which I have given him private notice, namely, whether he can give the names of the members and the terms of reference of the Retrenchment Committee?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Asquith)The terms of reference are:
"To inquire and to report what savings in public expenditure, in view of the necessities created by the War, can be effected in the Civil Departments without detriment to the interests of the State."
The following gentlemen have been invited to serve:
- The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Chairman).
- Mr. Montagu, M.P. (Financial Secretary to the Treasury).
- Viscount Midleton.
- Mr. H. T. Baker, M.P.
- Sir L. Chiozza Money, M.P.
- Mr. J. F. Mason, M.P.
- Mr. Evelyn Cecil, M.P.
- Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P.
- Sir Gilbert Claughton, Bart. (Chairman of the London and North-Western Railway).
- Mr. Gaspard Farrer.
- Mr. Harold Cox.