§ Wing-Commander Grant-Ferrisasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has considered the necessity of continuing the existence of the separate organisations of British troops, Egypt and G.H.Q., M.E.F.; and whether he is satisfield that proper economies are being made in officers serving upon these establishments.
§ Sir J. GriggThe establishment and organisation of the headquarters in Egypt are kept under constant review, and all possible reductions in manpower are made. The process of adjusting the staff and the forces in the Middle East to the military tasks which they are called upon to perform is one which has gone on constantly for some time and is continuing. Economies are made wherever possible, but for the reasons which I gave in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Mr. Turton) on 2nd November, I regret that I cannot give particulars.