§ Lieut -Colonel HILDERasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he is now in a position to state definitely whether the requisite finance will at once be provided to enable the War Office immediately to undertake the re-instatement of the water supply of Foulness Island, of which the Government have been the landlord since 1914, and where there is a population of 450 practically without water; and is he aware that, owing to the long-continued spell of dry weather recently experienced at Foulness, they are within measurable distance of total failure of water supply in the ditches for the cattle?
§ Sir A. WILLIAMSONProvision for this service has been made in Estimates, and work will be started as soon as possible.