§ 61. Squadron-Leader Kinghornasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty for what purpose the Naval Hospital at Great Yarmouth is now used; what acreage the site covers; and what are the numbers of inmates and staff.
§ Mr. W. EdwardsThe Royal Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth, is used to accommodate ex-naval, and other ex-Service, mental patients. It covers an area of 18 acres. At present there are 167 inmates and a staff of 74.
§ Squadron-Leader KinghornWill not the Admiralty consider using that very fine building for housing some of the 3,000 families in Great Yarmouth who need houses, and could not the inmates and the staff be evacuated to Wellington House, which is now in the hands of the Admiralty, since the Wellington pension was commuted?
§ Mr. EdwardsWe are always considering things at the Admiralty, I can assure my hon. and gallant Friend, but I am very much afraid that the alternative offered to us in this case is most unsuitable.