Mr William Campion: May I also, very humbly pay my tribute to the very clear, straightforward statement we have had from the right hon. Gentleman? Reference has been made in the three speeches we have heard to the shortage of officers and to the Report of the Haldane Committee, of which I was a member. I should like very strongly to endorse the plea which has been put up for a reduction of the fees at Sandhurst...
Mr William Campion: 33. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the transfer of the Senior Officers' School from Woking to Sheerness is to be permanent?
Mr William Campion: 42. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been called to the existing rates payable to the keeper of a licensed victualling house for the billeting of soldiers, which expire on the 29th April, 1924; and whether he is prepared to consider any advance in the present rates of 7d. for breakfast, 10d. for hot dinner, and 4d. for supper?
Mr William Campion: At the beginning of his speech, the right hon. Gentleman alluded to the very great reduction that has taken place in our Army. He referred to the fact that we are now, practically, for overseas purposes, reduced to two divisions, and I think everybody must share the feeling, which no doubt he holds, that we cannot look upon the present condition of affairs without a very great degree of...
Mr William Campion: 7. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the estimated cost of transferring the machine-gun school from Seaford to Netheravon; whether it will be necessary at the latter place to build a new range. married quarters, and officers' quarters: and what the estimated cost of these is?
Mr William Campion: 13. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware of the delay in the distribution of naval prize money and the hardship thereby entailed; and whether he will take immediate steps to get this matter settled?
Mr William Campion: 9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the great injury done to wild birds and fish around our coasts owing to the wastage of oil from ships; and whether he proposes to introduce any Regulations to deal with the matter?
Mr William Campion: 11. asked the Secretary of State for Air the amount of money expended in recruiting advertisement during the current financial year, and the number of recruits obtained?
Mr William Campion: 17. asked the Secretary of State for War the amount of money expended in recruiting advertisement during the current financial year, and the number of recruits obtained?
Mr William Campion: 35. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the number of officers holding Territorial Army commissions who are at present commanding Territorial Army divisions, Territorial Army Infantry brigades, and Territorial Army Royal Artillery brigades, respectively?
Mr William Campion: 6. asked the Secretary of State for War whether all the certificates for mentions in dispatches during the late War have now been issued?
Mr William Campion: 10. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the selection of regimental officers is in the hands of commanding officers of Territorial battalions subject to confirmation by the War Office; and whether those whose names now appear in the Army List on the strength of such battalions, and who are not selected, will automatically revert to the Territorial Army Reserve.
Mr William Campion: 11. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will direct that the Committees appointed to select commanding officers of Territorial battalions shall include at least one member who served in the front line during the late War?
Mr William Campion: 12. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can see his way to issue an invitation to public bodies in this country to co-operate in securing recruits for the Territorial Army?
Mr William Campion: 21. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any decision has been arrived at in regard to the proposal to grant Regular commissions to selected officers of the Territorial Force and the New Army who have served overseas; and, if so, how many commissions will be granted?
Mr William Campion: 13. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, owing to the fact that recruiting for the Territorial Force opens on 1st November, and the importance of an early announcement as to the future composition of the force and the terms of service, he will make a statement before the House rises for the Autumn Recess?
Mr William Campion: May we expect a statement before the Recess?
Mr William Campion: 14. asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is the intention of the War Office to take over an additional 5,000 acres, the greater part of which is arable, in the neighbourhood of Seaford as a training ground for a machine gun school; if so, on what terms the land is to be taken over and whether payment of a considerable sum for compensation will be involved; whether a considerable...
Mr William Campion: 51. asked whether an opportunity will be given to debate the question of the nationalisation of the mining industry on a date previous to the declaration of policy by the Government?
Mr William Campion: The hon. and gallant Member who has just spoken said that he had twenty-three years' service in the Territorial Force and that his time is now up. I have had thirty and a half years, and my time, I hope, is not up. Furthermore, I feel obliged to say that I cannot agree with some of the remarks that the hon. and gallant Member made. I hope very much that the War Office will not further...