§ 11. Viscount CURZONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can indicate the names and rank of the officers who are inquiring into and compiling the official Report of the Battle of Jutland; will the evidence of witnesses be taken; and will the official Report follow the lines of the Trafalgar Inquiry, Report in respect to the publication of extracts from logs, signal logs, and diagrams?
§ Dr. MACNAMARACaptain John E. T. Harper, M.V.O., R.N., has been attached to the War Staff for the purpose of collecting from official records the narrative of the Battle of Jutland. He has a number of officers under him, rendering assistance in the compilation.
I am advised that no point has arisen yet on which oral evidence is required, and, as stated by the First Lord last Wednesday, the question of publication of the narrative will be considered when it is completed. If it is published, any extracts from logs and signal logs, and diagrams forming a necessary part of the narrative, will be published also.