§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE (Wiltshire, Cricklade)I beg to ask the 422 Secretary of State for War if he can state how soon any communication will reach the county councils of Wiltshire and Hampshire as to compensation which will be paid for damage caused by extraordinary traffic to the main roads of those counties by the military traffic consequent on the purchase of parts of Salisbury Plain.
LORD STANLEYThe matter is being dealt with by the Treasury, who addressed communications to each of the county councils on the 11th instant.