SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can state the localities in which the farms are situated at which the experiments of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis will be carried out, and the conditions on which these farms have been obtained and the necessary laboratories and buildings erected.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe two farms referred to are situated in Stansted, in Essex. They belong to Sir James Blyth, who has most generously placed them at the disposal of the Royal Commission for experimental work free of charge. The Government have expressed to Sir James Blyth their warm appreciation of
†See page 855.1253 his act, which will greatly facilitate the labours of the Commission. Arrangements have been made for the occupation of the farms for a period of three years, though it is hoped that the inquiry will be completed within a shorter period. The Commissioners have caused to be erected on the farms the laboratories and other buildings necessary for their experiments.