MR. HERBERT (Buckinghamshire, Wycombe)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether, while provision is made at Home and Foreign stations for the wives of non-commissioned officers and men, no accommodation is provided for the wives of officers; whether, for example, at Salisbury Plain there is no accommodation for the wife of an officer within ten miles of the camp; and whether, with a view to the comfort of married officers and to retaining them in the Service, he will consider the advisability of building a proportion of small houses or bungalows which might be let to married officers at a reasonable rent.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) It is recognised that at Tidworth some of the officers who are entitled under the Regulations to lodging money have a difficulty in finding suitable accommodation in close proximity to the barracks, and a scheme is now being considered with a view to overcome this difficulty.