§ 64. Mr. Caryasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the great difficulties which are being experienced in so many localities of finding billeting accommodation for war workers and evacuated persons, he will 1147 issue the strictest instructions that the billeting of troops must be spread out as evenly as possible among the civilian population, and that no civilian family or householder should be turned out of their home unless the military authorities offer adequate and suitable accommodation elsewhere?
§ The Financial Secretary to the War Office (Mr. Richard Law)The allotment of billets for military personnel is a matter for the police. It is not the practice to evict civilians to provide billets for military personnel, and the question of providing alternative accommodation, therefore, does not arise. The closest liaison has been maintained with the Ministry of Health to avoid, as far as possible, clash of interests between the billeting of military personnel and civilian evacuees.