§ Mr. RAMSDENasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office why the claims of various properties forcibly taken in Buxton by the War Office for military purposes more than four years ago have never been settled; and why letters and communications addressed to the War Office Compensation Court on this matter are never replied to, specially the claim referring to the Kensington and Grosvenor Houses situated in Broadwalk, Buxton, and acquired as a military Hospital on the 12th of September, 1917?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON - EVANSAs regards the cases specified, which are the only ones which I am in a position to identify, settlement has been delayed by the refusal of the claimants to accept an award made by the late Defence of the Realm Losses Commission. The Department's observations upon the application for a reconsideration of this award, together with two supplementary claims in respect of the same premises, are about to be forwarded to the War Compensation Court. These various claims are closely interconnected, and it is not practicable to deal with them separately.