§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has yet received any part or interim report from the Business Advisory Committee; and whether he proposes to make any publication thereof?
§ Sir E. GriggNo formal reports have yet been rendered but I understand that a number of changes recommended by the committee have been put into operation. As my hon. and learned Friend is aware, the committee is a standing committee and I conceive that, whenever it agrees upon the desirability of particular administrative changes and they involve no vital questions of principle, these will be adopted without waiting for the submission of formal reports. They have also conducted, and are conducting, examinations or inspections of particular sections of the War Office work. In addition to matters of the purely administrative order, the committee is actively pursuing, both in the War Office and in the Commands, a wide range of inquiries on major matters of organisation and structure. They are, however, not yet in a position to report on these.