HC Deb 10 October 1939 vol 352 cc145-6

The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr STOKES:

19. To ask the Secretary of State for War how many persons, in total, the miltia camps at Bulford, Perham Downs, Tidworth, Larkhill and Winterbourne Gunner are built to accommodate; and how many militiamen will be accommodated in each?

Sir Joseph Lamb

On a point of Order. Before this question is asked may I inquire whether it is in the public interest that a question of this kind should be answered?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

The hon. Member will, I hope, appreciate that, in present circumstances, it would be undesirable to publish the figures for which he asks.

Mr. Stokes

May I ask, without disclosing any figures, whether the right hon. Gentleman is aware that the cost of the camps in this area amounts to an average of more than £300 per head of the militiamen?

22. Mr. Stokes

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state the cost of the sewage work at Devizes on the London road measuring in extent 2,425 yards?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

The work on the camp at Devizes has not yet been completed. In due course, it will be possible to give the total cost of the sewerage scheme as a whole, but not the separate cost of any particular section.

Mr. Stokes

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that this part of the sewerage work has already been contracted for by the local authority for the sum of £9,075, and that it is reckoned that the War Office are paying something of the order of £15,000 for the same work?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

I was not aware of that.

Mr. Stokes

Will the Minister please look into the matter?

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