§ Mr. HANCOCKasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware that soldiers in the Clipstone Camp are complaining about the scarcity and inferiority 2021W of the food and the conduct of some of the officers; and will he ascertain whether there is any ground for this complaint?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONA careful inspection of the messing arrangements for the troops at Clipstone Camp was made as recently as a month ago, and, with the exception of two units out of a total of fourteen units, the reports received from the inspecting officers were satisfactory. The defects brought to notice in the two cases have been remedied. The statement concerning the conduct of some officers is not definite enough for me to take up, but if my hon. Friend will furnish me privately with further particulars, together with the names of the units to which such officers are attached, I will have the matter inquired into.