HC Deb 31 July 1916 vol 84 c2052
33. Mr. ROCH

asked the Secretary for India how soon after the landing of our troops in the Persian Gulf our Army was supplied with an aeroplane force?

Major BAIRD

This matter forms part of the larger question of the equipment of the Mesopotamia Field Force, which is to be the subject of inquiry by a Special Commission. I do not think that it can be satisfactorily dealt with in an answer to a Parliamentary question.