§ 10. Lieut.-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZONasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will issue orders to stop work on the construction of the new barracks now being built for the accommodation of the Royal Air Force in the Isle of Grain, in view of the fact that there are empty naval barracks within easy reach?
The SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Captain Guest)No new barracks are being constructed for the Royal Air Force in the Isle of Grain. The Royal Air Force personnel at present stationed there are accommodated for the most part in temporary wood and corrugated iron buildings erected during the War. These are supplemented by a few cottages which at one time were occupied by coast-guards. I know of no naval barracks in the near neighbourhood except at Sheerness, which is situated on the other side of the Med-way to Grain. The river at this point is more than a mile wide and it would, therefore, not be economical to accommodate Royal Air Force personnel on that side of the river.