HC Deb 26 July 1900 vol 86 c1306
CAPTAIN NORTON

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that the new canteens at Aldershot, shared by two battalions, have not met with general approval, he will consider the advisability of doing at home what Lord Roberts, when Commander-in-Chief in India, succeeded in doing there— namely, in making the recreation rooms more attractive by having entertainments in them instead of in the canteen, thereby encouraging a higher type of entertainment, while diminishing the temptations to drink.

* MR. WYNDHAM

The hon. Member appears to be under a misapprehension. The present design of recreation room includes a stage where entertainments can be given.

CAPTAIN NORTON

My question is whether entertainments in canteens will be discouraged in favour of those in recreation rooms.

[No answer was given.]