HC Deb 01 July 1930 vol 240 cc1755-6
15. Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGE

asked the Secretary of State for War the number of families of soldiers now in married quarters in the Aldershot Command awaiting larger quarters and for which there are no vacancies?

The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. T. Shaw)

There is no regulation which lays down the size of quarters which should be allotted to families, but endeavours are made to allot quarters appropriate to the size of the family. The number of families in married quarters in the Aldershot Command who are awaiting larger quarters is 416.

Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGE

Does not the right hon. Gentleman consider, in view of the numbers which he quotes, that the Government should build more quarters; and will he do something to remedy the slum conditions in Government property?