§ 69. Mr. OSWALD LEWISasked the Secretary of State for War what steps, if any, he proposes to take to increase the accommodation provided for soldiers on the married establishment in the Colchester district?
§ Mr. SANDERSIf the hon. Member is referring to the number of married quarters provided at Colchester, there is no occasion for an increase, since they approximately meet the requirements of the married quarters roll. If he is re- 37 ferring to the size of the quarters, as my right hon. Friend has already explained, the present proportion of the various sized quarters throughout the country was fixed after a census taken some years ago, and he has given instructions for fresh data to be collected in order to see whether any alteration in that proportion is desirable. That inquiry, which is a general one, must necessarily take some time. But apart from the general question, certain proposals for modernising some of the existing married quarters at Colchester are at present under consideration.