Sir F. HALLasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether he is aware that in 1916 the War Office took over premises known as Inglewood, 113, Grove Park, Camberwell, then used as a private nursing home, where the management had previously, at the request of the military authorities, set aside part of the house for accommodation of Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses from No. 4 General Hospital, for which purpose about £60 was spent for purchase of furniture; whether he is aware that, at the time the premises were requisitioned, an officer from the Land Agent's Department of the War Office agreed with the owners of the house to pay £250 a year for rent and use of the furniture and fittings, but that subsequently the matter came before the Defence of the Realm Losses Commission, who decided that the Government would only pay the rent and interest on the mortgage on the property, with no allowance whatever in respect of use of the furniture, loss of profit, or the expenditure incurred in the purchase of furniture expresissly obtained for the nurses from No. 4 General Hospital accommodated at the home before it was taken over; if he will state the purpose for which, the premises were required; and whether, considering a letter was written to the War Office on the 14th March which has not been replied to, and notwithstanding repeated applications an acknowledgment even of such letter has not been received, he will make inquiries, with a view to coming to some reasonable arrangement with the owners, so that the obligations originally entered into by the Land Agent's Department may be carried through without further delay?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI am inquiring into this matter, and will communicate with my hon. and gallant Friend within the next few days.