§ 20. Lieut.-Colonel HURSTasked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that the Office of Works has purported to take possession of the lecture room of the Princess Christian College, Manchester, upon the release of such room by the military authorities in March; whether he is aware that the college is in urgent need of its lecture room; by what right has this action been taken; and whether he will issue instructions for the immediate release of the room to its owners?
§ Sir A. MONDThe "lecture room" is, I understand, a hut in the grounds of the premises 19–21, Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, which have been requisitioned on the certificate of the Minister of Pensions as being necessary for carrying into effect the Naval and Military War Pensions Act. No communication has been made to my Department by the authorities of the college, but I am prepared to consider, in consultation with the Minister of Pensions, any representations which they may desire to make.