§ 48. Captain CARR-GOMMasked the Prime Minister when the Committee of business men who are to inquire into the expenditure of Government Departments will be appointed; whether any new public building will be necessary for its accommodation; whether the members of this Committee are to receive any salaries; and what office staff is to be allowed for the work of the Committee?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe Committees set up by the Treasury in accordance with the recommendations of the Select Committee on National Expenditure have been appointed, and the names of the members and their terms of reference are being circulated to-day in reply to a question by the right hon. Member for the Cleveland Division. The answer to the second and third parts of the question is in the negative. It is not anticipated that any office staff will be required, beyond a secretary to each Committee.—[See Written Answers this day.]