HC Deb 29 May 1940 vol 361 cc623-4

Ordered, "That the Special Report from the Select Committee on National Expenditure be now taken into consideration.—[Sir J. Wardlaw-Milne.]

Special Report considered accordingly.

Ordered,

"That the Co-ordinating Sub-committee of the Select Committee have power, in cases where considerations of national security preclude the publishing of certain recommenda- tions and of the arguments upon which they are based, to address a memorandum to the Prime Minister for the consideration of the War Cabinet, provided that the Select Committee do report to the House on every occasion when this power shall have been exercised."

The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.

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