§ Colonel Lord HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether a committee has been appointed to consider the organisation of the supply services of the War Office; if so, by whom the committee was appointed and with what functions and the names, administrative records, and other credentials of its members and the reasons for their selection in preference to Members of Parliament with similar qualifications; whether the committee will report; and, if so, whether its findings and the evidence in support of them will be submitted to the House of Commons?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONNo, Sir. No such committee has been appointed. What the Noble Lord appears to have in mind is this. The recently appointed Surveyor-General of Supply is being assisted by a Board consisting of representatives of the Quartermaster-General, the Master-General of the Ordnance and the Finance Member, together with three gentleman of wide business experiences, namely, 2059W Mr. F. Dudley Docker, C.B., Mr. P. H. McClelland and Mr. Austin Harris. The body is advisory only.