§ 59. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that the initial capital of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes consisted of the balance of the assets of the Navy and Army Canteens Board, he will state what sum was paid for the assets of the Navy and Army Canteens Board, and by whom it was paid?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Sir Laming Worthington-Evans)As stated in the Preamble to the War Service Canteens (Disposal of Surplus) Act, 1922, the Navy, Army and Air Force 1774 Institutes took over the outstanding assets and liabilities of the Navy and Army Canteens Board. No payment was made in this connection, but the disposal of the available surplus assets is dealt with in the Schedule to that Act.