HC Deb 03 May 1932 vol 265 c964W
Mr. McENTEE

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what economies recommended by the Geddes Report as desirable at the War Office have not been effected?

Mr. COOPER

It would not be possible to deal with so wide a subject within the ambit of an answer to a question, but the hon. Member will find much relevant information in the memorandum of the Secretary of State on the Army Estimates for 1922–3. He will observe, by comparing the figures there given with the Army Estimates for the current year, that the reductions made both in numbers and expenditure have gone far beyond those made as a result of the Geddes Report.