Captain FABERasked the Secretary of State for War if he will state whether, in considering the promotion of the captains in the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers owing to the near retirement of the second in command, the fact will be borne in mind with a view to avoiding the introduction of a major from another regiment and thus preventing regimental promotion, that there is at present a captain who has been a brevet-major for eight years?
§ Mr. HALDANEThe points raised in the question involve matters which come within the purview of the Selection Board, and I am not prepared to give any undertaking which might prejudice their action in any way.