§ Lieut.-Colonel JAMESasked the Minister of Health whether, seeing that the Bermondsey Guardians have approved the construction of a new house for the matron of the Rotherhithe Hospital at a 1419W cost of £2,350 and also the relaying of a grass tennis court, these two schemes have been approved by the Ministry; and why, in regard to the latter, although the proposal might entail a somewhat increased capital expenditure, the Ministry has advised that a modern hard court entailing a negligible expenditure in maintenance and upkeep would not be preferable?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe proposal of the guardians was only received on the 1st instant, and I have not yet come to any decision or expressed any opinion in regard to it.