§ Mr. REMERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many offices are occupied by him in Liverpool; whether he is aware that there is a great shortage of office-room in that city; and whether he will take steps to see that those offices, taken over for war purposes, are vacated at once?
§ Sir J. CRAIGTo meet permanent requirements in Liverpool, the Admiralty are in occupation, under agreements, of premises at 30, Canning Place and the Harbour Master's old offices. For temporary purposes they occupy 11 rooms taken over for war purposes in the Royal Liver Buildings, with a floor space of about 540 square yards. The Admiralty are fully alive to the fact that there is a great shortage of offices in Liverpool. Both in the interests of economy and of the trading community, every effort has been and is still being made to concentrate the accommodation required for various naval purposes and to surrender as soon as possible the requisitioned offices; but it is not practicable to vacate all this accommodation at once in view of the necessity for clearing up work resulting from the War.