§ MR. DRAGE (Derby)I beg to ask the Under Secretary for War whether the Hulme Barracks at Manchester have been condemned for sanitary reasons, and whether the sanitary arrangements there are known to the War Office to be unsatisfactory; and whether several cases of sickness have occurred that can be traced to the unsanitary condition of the barracks, and whether, under the circumstances, he will advise the removal of the 3rd Battalion of the Derbyshire Regiment to healthier quarters.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Hulme Barracks were not condemned for sanitary reasons. The general officer commanding reports the sanitary arrangements satisfactory, and that there have been no cases of sickness traceable to insanitary conditions. But the barracks are undoubtedly old. The battalion is going into camp about 1st May.