§ 42. Mr. WILESasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether any complaints have been received as to timber buildings in hutment camps in Scotland having become verminous; whether any, and, if so, how many, had for this or similar reasons to be destroyed by fire as they could not be disinfected; whether he will state what the total value of the huts so destroyed has been to 31st March, 1918; on what date the War Office ceased erecting timber huts in Scotland, having regard to the medical and technical opinion as to the hygienic disadvantages and fire dangers of timber hutments; if any endeavour is being made to erect all necessary hutments in non-proprietary concrete slabs or hollow concrete blocks; and, if so, since what date?
§ Mr. FORSTERI am informed that no complaints have been received as to timber buildings in hutment camps in Scotland having become verminous. The other parts of the question do not, therefore, arise.