49. Captain TUDOR-REESasked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to set up the Departmental Committees to make minute and detailed investigation of expenditure in certain Departments, recommended by the Geddes Report?
Mr. YOUNGI would ask the hon. and gallant Member to await the announcement which my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to make to-morrow.
§ Mr. J. LAMBERT(by Private Notice) asked the Leader of the House whether he will permit the discussion on the Geddes Report to be taken on a substantive Motion instead of on the Adjournment of the House?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI think that the most convenient course will be to 249 take to-morrow's discussion, which must necessarily be of a general character, on the Motion for Adjournment, as proposed by me last week.
§ Mr. LAMBERTWill not that be somewhat unsatisfactory, since we shall have no opportunity of expressing our approval or disapproval of the Report as a whole?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI do not quite see that a Motion for the approval or disapproval of the Report as a whole would be a useful discussion. I think it would be a much more effective discussion when we come to examine and deal with the Estimates for the various Services.