§ MR. A. C. MORTONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Army Sanitary Committee is an inspecting body, and have they visited Windsor or other barracks; whether the weekly Sick Returns of the Army and the Sanitary Returns of Garrisons are submitted to the Army Sanitary Committee for examination and report; whether their Reports for Great Britain and abroad are published; and can they be obtained by the public?
§ MR. WOODALLAs a general rule, the Army Sanitary Committee is not an inspecting body; but, in very exceptional cases, they inspect particular barracks. They have not visited Windsor, but when the drainage system at Windsor is revised the subject will be referred to the Committee The weekly Sick Returns 1481 and the Sanitary Returns are not referred to the Sanitary Committee. Their duties are confined to Reports on sites and buildings. Their Reports are not published.
§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)I should like to ask when the drainage arrangements of Windsor Barracks are going to be revised, because they are in a most dangerous state at this moment?
§ MR. WOODALLMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War has on several occasions made specific statements with regard to the Windsor Barracks, and I have nothing to add to what he has said.
§ MR. A. C. MORTONThe hon. Gentleman has not answered the last part of my question.
§ MR. HANBURYI really must press the hon. Gentleman to get information to give to the House as to the date on which the drainage of these barracks will come under consideration, because I must repeat they are in a most dangerous state.
§ MR. WOODALLThe condition of the drainage of Windsor Barracks has been under consideration, and very full particulars have been given to the House; but if the hon. Gentleman chooses to put a question down for tomorrow, I will be prepared with further information upon it. I have already informed the hon. Member for Peterborough that none of these Reports are published. They are confidential.