HC Deb 29 July 1931 vol 255 cc2263-4
18. Mr. HANNON

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when the new buildings at Holbrook which are being erected for the extension of the educational work heretofore carried on at the Royal Hospital School at Greenwich will be ready for occupation; what number of boys he anticipates will be eligible for admission to the admirals' hostels which are an outstanding feature of the new training scheme at Holbrook; and if plans are yet complete for the proposed agricultural instruction on the Holbrook farm?

Mr. ALEXANDER

I hope that the new buildings at Holbrook for the accommodation of the Royal Hospital School will be ready in 1933 for the tranfer of the school from Greenwich. The number to be accommodated at Holbrook will be limited to 860 to begin with, but the number of boys eligible for admission will be considerably in excess of this number. The proposal for agricultural instruction is as yet tentative.

Mr. HANNON

Does the right hon. Gentleman contemplate any particular change in the organisation at Greenwich following upon this change?

Mr. ALEXANDER

I should like notice of that question.