§ 35. Mr. BARNESasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the work of erecting a large Territorial hall in Kilmarnock has been stopped, and the workmen thrown out of employment; whether the War Office is responsible for this; and whether the work can be continued and the advice given to private employers, to keep in employment as many workmen as possible, acted upon?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe building referred to is apparently the headquarters of the 4th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, the erection of which was commenced without War Office authority and subsequently suspended following upon the issue of general instructions from the War Office, that building schemes not finally approved were not to be proceeded with for the present. The War Office were not aware that building had been begun in this case. In view of the circumstances now disclosed instructions will be given for the work to be proceeded with, subject to certain minor modifications of the scheme.