§ 70 Sir J. BUTCHERasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether the military cemetery behind the iron barracks at Needham's Point, Barbados is under the control of the Colonial Government or the War Office; whether he is aware that, although the latest interment in it 2182 was only made in the sixties, his graveyard is in a shocking state of ruin, the railings being broken down, the tombstones broken and overgrown, and the brick graves rifled;
(2) whether the military cemetery on the Morne, at St. Lucia, is under the control of the Colonial Government or the War Office; whether he is aware that the sum expended on this cemetery yearly is apparently insufficient to keep it in a good state of repair; and whether he will have the whole matter inquired into with a view to ensuring a proper and efficient control of this cemetery?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of SHIPPING (Colonel Leslie Wilson, for Lieut.-Colonel Amery)I regret that I am not at present in a position to answer these questions, but the Secretary of State is making inquiries as to the present state of cemeteries in the West Indian Colonies containing naval and military graves, and on receipt of the replies he proposes to take action in the matter.