§ 39. Mr. RICHARD LAMBERTasked the Minister of National Service, whether 'he is aware that conscripted men are being sent to Maidstone for re-examination and being posted elsewhere, that they are there housed in the Agricultural Hall, an old cattle market, which is unheated and cold, and that, mattresses being insufficient, men are sleeping on the bare ground in this wintry weather; and whether he will immediately stop sending men to these conditions?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Macpherson)In one of the buildings used at Maidstone the heating arrangements were not satisfactory, but steps have already been taken to remedy this. Recently there was a temporary shortage of mattresses owing to the arrival of a large number of men, but the men were given six or more blankets instead. The battalion in question will be moved as soon as suitable accommodation can be found elsewhere.