§ 4. Sir JOHN JARDINEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action he has taken, or proposes to take, upon the recommendations of the Royal Commission anent the mode of recruiting persons to be appointed to the Foreign Office and the Diplomatic Service; and whether he intends to give effect to the recommendation that the existing rule confining the appointments in the Diplomatic Service to persons assured of a private income of £400 a year shall be abolished?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord Robert Cecil)I am afraid that it will be impracticable to deal with the recommendations, 1512 of the Royal Commission during the War, especially as they involve if adopted a considerable permanent increase of expenditure.