HC Deb 08 March 1917 vol 91 cc561-2
104. Sir JOHN JARDINE

asked the Secretary of State for India when the Report of Sir William Vincent's Commission on the medical arrangements in Meso- potamia before and after the battle of Ctesiphon will be given to Members of Parliament?

Mr. BONAR LAW

(for the Secretary of State for India) I would refer the hon. Member to the Secretary of State's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities on the 14th August last.

105. Sir J. JARDINE

asked the Secretary for India when the Royal Commission on the Mesopotamian Expedition is likely to make its Report; and whether the Report will be laid upon the Table?

Mr. BONAR LAW

I am informed that the Report of the Commission has not yet been written, and I am, therefore, unable to answer the second part of the question.

Sir J. JARDINE

Can the right hon. Gentleman give any indication when this Report will be laid on the Table of the House?

Mr. BONAR LAW

No; I am afraid I cannot.

Sir W. ESSEX

Will the right hon. Gentleman promise that the Report shall be given in its entirety?

Mr. BONAR LAW

I can give no promise until the Report has been presented.

Sir W. ESSEX

Are we to understand that the right hon. Gentleman reserves to himself the right of editing the Report?

Mr. PRINGLE

Can he say how many edited Reports have been presented to this-House?

An HON. MEMBER

Dardanelles!

Mr. PRINGLE

That is not the only one!

Colonel YATE

Will the Report of Sir William Vincent's Commission be published as soon as the Mesopotamia Commission Report is out?

Mr. BONAR LAW

I understand that the same subject which is dealt with in Sir William Vincent's Report is dealt with in the Mesopotamia Report. When we have seen the Mesopotamia Report we can decide what course to adopt.