§ Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Government has paid no contribution towards the rates in respect of the Bramley Munition Stores, work on the site of which was commenced in November, 1916, the stores consisting of 61 large buildings of brick and concrete in addition to 16 smaller buildings with about 20 miles of railway line within the area, the Ministry of Munitions having announced that these stores, which extend on both sides of the Great Western Railway for a distance of about three miles between Basingstoke and Bramley stations, are to be permanently retained; and whether he will inquire into this question?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe Bramley Munitions Depot has been handed over to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. A valuation for the purposes of the Government grant of contribution in lieu of rates on the depot is in course of preparation and, when fixed by the Treasury, will operate for the purposes of the grant from the date on which the depot was completed and occupied.