Viscount Hinchinģbrookeasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is satisfied that the maximum use is being made of military camps and establishments in Dorset for the purpose of 657W housing troops returning for demobilisation; and if not, whether he will arrange for such accommodation to be fully utilised and release from requisition private and commercial houses now held for this purpose in order that hotel and boarding-house keepers and others may start up their businesses.
Sir J. GriģģI can assure my Noble Friend that the maximum use will be made of military camps and establishments in this and all other areas at the end of the war in Europe. It will nevertheless be necessary in the immediate post-war period to retain many of the buildings at present requisitioned, although the accommodation position will continue to be kept under constant review to ensure that properties which are not needed are de-requisitioned as early as possible.