§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Undersecretary of State for War if he will have an inquiry made into the conditions prevailing at Ranelagh Camp, Barnes, occupied by the Welsh Guards, where the men live and sleep in stables unfit for human habitation, and in consequence the health of the men suffers?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe stables at Ranelagh have been adapted for the use of the men and are under inspection by the Command sanitary officer, who, as the result of inspection which has just been made, reports that all the conditions which are required for the healthy occupation of troops have been provided. The medical 1391W officer in charge of the Reserve Battalion, Welsh Guards, has also reported that the health of the men since their first occupation of the Ranelagh Camp on the 26th September, 1917, has been exceptionally good, and that during the whole time they have been free from any infectious disease and respiratory maladies have been rare.