§ Colonel GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Staffordshire Territorial Association, having abolished the Artillery battery at Brierley Hill, are now proposing to sell the drill hall there; whether he is aware that certain negotiations have been proceeding with a view to establishing a company of Territorial Infantry at Brierley Hill; and whether he will take steps to prevent the sale of the drill hall being proceeded with until the question of the establishment of an infantry company is decided?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Colonel Seely)This drill hall is not War Department or association property, but is vested in trustees. As things stand at present it is doubtful if the association has any jurisdiction over the property. Negotiations are still proceeding with a view to establishing an infantry company at Brierley Hill, and further inquiries will be made as to the position of the association in regard to the property. So far as the War Department is aware, it could not intervene to prevent the sale of the drill hall.