§ Mr. R. GWYNNEasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will expedite the handing over to the Disposal Board of the Ministry of Munitions the Army huts used until recently by the officers command depot at Eastbourne, in view of the fact that more housing accommodation is urgently required in that town, and that repeated applications have been made to the War Office by the Eastbourne Town Council for permission to hire them, pending the completion of the houses for the working classes which are shortly to be erected in the town?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am informed that no applications to purchase the huts of this depot have been received by the War Office. The surrender of the land and the disposal of the huts have been delayed in order that the Ministry of Pensions might have an opportunity of acquiring them as a hospital. The Ministry having notified the Department that it will not require the site or huts, the disposal of these is now proceeding.