§ Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the Under Secretary of State for War whether the Secretary of State is in a position to re-appoint, at an early date, the Select Committee to inquire into the trading of the Navy and Army Canteen Board and the circumstances under which the Board conducted the liquidation of the business of the Expeditionary Force canteens and the losses occasioned by the operations of the Board; and, if so, whether the terms of reference will now include full inquiry into the administra- 2611W tion, trading, and accounts of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes, seeing that this last-mentioned organisation utilised for their trading operations capital obtained from profits made by the war canteens?
§ Lieut.-Colonel JACKSONIn regard to the first part of the question, if it is the general wish of the House that a new Select Committee, to inquire into the matters referred to in the question, should be appointed, I will certainly recommend to my Noble Friend the Secretary of State for War that steps should be taken for the appointment next Session. In regard to the second part, the terms of reference to the late Select Committee were duly settled by the late House of Commons as the outcome of full Debate, and I see no treason why they should now be varied.