8. Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for India whether the Esher Report recommends that the Indian Army should come under the control of the War Office; whether the present Chief of the General Staff in India supported the recommendation that a civil member of council for supplies should be appointed; and whether, under the recommendations of the Esher Committee, the Chief of the Imperial Staff can authorise the expenditure of any money from the Indian Exchequer?
§ Mr. MONTAGUI would leave my hon. Friend to study the recommendations of the Esher Committee and form his own conclusions. The answer to the second part is in the affirmative, and to the third in the negative.
Sir J. D. REESDo not these answers in themselves answer most of the adverse criticisms against the Esher Report?