§ 17. Mr. SNOWDENasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he will have an inquiry made into the alleged insanitary and intolerable conditions of the camp of the 4th Company, 107th Provincial Battalion Training centre, Manningtree, it being alleged that the men are housed in a disused malting house and have to sleep on ground saturated with pools of water?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONInquiries have been made into this case. The men are living in a disused malting house, but the hon. Member will be glad to hear that there is no truth in the allegations which have been made to him. The ground is not saturated with water and the men are comfortably housed. I am further informed that the senior medical officer reports that of the 1,200 recruits in categories B 1 and C 1 who are at Manningtree, a large number will be pasesed shortly into Category A. This shows that the conditions are healthy.