§ Captain CARR-GOMMasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the lenders of private houses rent free for the purpose of Red Cross hospitals, whose premise shave borne the wear and tear of hospital work, in some cases for over three years, will have such houses placed in their pre-hospital condition at the expense of the War Office when no longer required; and, having regard to the reluctance of many owners who can ill afford to pay for such repairs themselves to make any claim, will he consider the propriety of making an official announcement on this matter?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONApart from the maintenance Grants paid by the War Office, the finances of Red Cross hospitals are based not upon public funds but upon the Red Cross funds to which, as the hon. and gallant Member knows, the public has subscribed with exemplary liberality for the purpose of aiding the sick and wounded in this and other ways.