53. Lieut.-Colonel WINDSOR-CLIVasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can give the House any information respecting the provision of accommodation for troops at Singapore?
§ Mr. HACKINGThe barracks for the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineer personnel will be completed in the autumn of this year in time to accomodate the additional personnel to be despatched next trooping season. Barracks for the second British infantry battalion will not be ready for occupation until April, 1936. The battalion selected for this station is the 1st Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment, from Egypt, which it is proposed to replace by the 2nd Battalion, the Grenadier Guards.