§ 40. Mr. BATEYasked the Prime Minister why separate appointments were made for the Secretaries of State to the Dominions and Colonial Offices, in view of the fact that during the late Government the offices were combined and of the need for economy?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe appointment of one Minister to hold both these offices was an emergency arrangement which it was never intended to make permanent. The reasons which led to these two offices being entrusted to different Ministers—namely, the amount 848 and variety of the responsibilities involved in each office—are even more cogent to-day than they were nearly two years ago.
§ Mr. BATEYThen are we to understand from that answer that the Government no longer stand for economy?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Government always stand for economy, with efficiency combined.