§ Mr. A. WILLIAMSasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the trustees of the Enfield Cottage Hospital, the only voluntary hospital in the district, decided last December, in view of its serious financial position, to approve its transfer to the Enfield War Memorial Committee for reorganisation under a new board of management representing the public interests of the whole district; whether this proposed transfer has since then been awaiting the approval of the Charity Commissioners; whether the long delay in 681W completing the transfer is preventing the necessary public appeal for the funds which are so greatly needed; and whether, in view of the very critical situation and the threatened closing of the hospital, the Charity Commissioners will give their sanction to the proposed arrangements without further delay?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe preparation of the scheme for the transfer referred to has been delayed owing to uncertainty as to the intentions of the War Memorial Committee and to differences of opinion in the locality as to what was required. A scheme has now been drafted and a print will shortly be in the hands of the War Memorial Committee.