§ 3. Mr. A. R. W. Lowasked the Secretary of State for War how many married families, officers and other ranks, respectively, are accommodated in War Department quarters in the Suez Canal Zone; and how many live in private quarters.
§ Mr. ShinwellThree hundred and sixty-six married officers' families and 484 married other ranks' families are accommodated in War Department quarters in the Suez Canal Zone. The numbers living in private quarters are 444 and 536, respectively.
§ Mr. LowWhat is the right hon. Gentleman doing about providing more War Department quarters so that these men and their families can be properly accommodated?
§ Mr. ShinwellWe are doing as much as we possibly can in the circumstances. We are putting up temporary quarters which perhaps are not entirely satisfactory, but which are adequate for our purposes at the moment; and we are stepping up the provision of married quarters in all theatres as fast as we can, but it is a long-term job.