§ Mr. SITCHasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office upon whom rests the responsibility for the expenditure of public money in July last in the digging of a trench at one end while the other end was being filled up, at a total cost of £100, between Hythe and Dymchurch, and in September last, in filling up trenches between St. Mary's and Little-stone at a cost of £450, and the giving away to a local farmer of a stack of hay worth £200 from the land of St. Mary's aerodrome; and whether he will inquire into the possibility of making use of the houses and land lying untenanted by renting them to ex-Service men from New Romsey and district and who are desirous of small holdings?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLInvestigations are already being made into the matters raised in this question, but are not yet complete. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.