§ Sir R. Gowerasked the Secretary of State for War what is the present number of military bands actually in the country; and what steps are being taken to employ them in stimulating public morale by the arrangement of parades of troops headed by bands through the principal urban areas of the country so far as it can be arranged without interfering with training?
§ Mr. EdenMore than 100 bands have been authorised, and many of these are now in being. Instructions have been issued that every opportunity should be taken, so far as is practicable, of utilising these bands for the purpose which my hon. Friend has in view.