§ Mr. DUNCAN MILLARasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he has received any representations on the subject of the abolition of the wet canteen at Salisbury Plain, where the Canadian contingent has been training, on the ground that it is not in the interests of the men to afford them such facilities for drinking while training in camp in the United Kingdom; whether any wet canteens are permitted in Canada; and whether he proposes to take any steps in the matter?
Mr. BAKERThe answer to the first part of the hon. Member's question is in 255W the affirmative. I am informed that wet canteens are permitted in Canada. The sale of beer in the canteens of the contingent on Salisbury Plain was sanctioned at the urgent request of the responsible military authorities, who considered it necessary for disciplinary reasons. It was concurred in by the Canadian military authorities, and in the circumstances it is not proposed to take any further steps in the matter.