§ 5. Mr. Lyonsasked the Secretary of State for War the proper channels through which complaints or representations intended for the attention of His Majesty's Government should be transmitted by officers of the Army Council or General Staff?
§ Mr. StanleyComplaints or representations of the kind indicated in the Question should be laid before the Army Council, of which the Secretary of State for War is the President. It would be for him to decide whether the matter should be brought to the notice of the Cabinet or, in time of war, the War Cabinet.
§ Mr. LyonsWould it be in the discretion of the Secretary of State for the time being not to have the matter brought forward?
§ Mr. StanleyIt would be in his discretion, but I cannot believe that any responsible Secretary of State for War, knowing that members of the Army Council desire matters to be brought to the notice of the Cabinet, would not grant facilities for doing so.