36. Sir C.KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Under-Secretary for War whether he has received any complaints from the V.A.D. hospitals as to the strict nature of the regulations governing the movements of convalescent wounded, and if he will consider the possibility of introducing a little more liberty in this respect regarding the inmates in these hospitals?
§ Mr. TENNANTComplaints have been received that the discipline in these hospitals was too lax, and also, in smaller numbers, that the discipline was too severe. New instructions were issued, and the complaints have ceased. The desirability of giving reasonable liberty to patients is fully realised, and the desirability of patients fully recovering their health is no less realised.