§ 17. Captain BARNETTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is now in a position to state when the Railwaymen's Convalescent Home, Leasowe Castle, Wallasey, will be restored to its proper use; and if any reason exists why the German prisoners at present housed there should not be lodged elsewhere or placed under canvas?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONEvery endeavour is being made to arrange so that the Convalescent Home shall be given back to the railwaymen as early as possible, but I cannot at present fix any data for its return. The Committee of the Home will be given the earliest possible information.
§ Captain BARNETTIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that there is intense dissatisfaction among the railwaymen that this convalescent home is used as a barracks for German prisoners?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONYes; I understand that is so, but it was almost impossible to get any other place of the kind.