HC Deb 28 February 1912 vol 34 cc1505-6W
Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEY

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will disclose the name or names of the person or persons who divulged certain details of the Army General Annual Report to an outside source so that the "Times" newspaper was enabled to make them public before they had been notified to this House in due season by the Minister responsible; and whether it is proposed to inflict any punishment upon the person or persons implicated in furnishing State information, which has hitherto been regarded as confidential until communicated officially by a Member of the Government to Parliament?

Colonel SEELY

The reply to both questions is in the negative.