§ Mr. CROOKSasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of complaints regarding the conditions prevailing at the camp at Dunkirk; whether he is aware that in the case of one soldier, B. W. F. Starling, Clerk 1, No. 216033, Headquarters, 83rd Wing, Royal Air Force, British Expeditionary Force, France, he arrived at Dunkirk Camp in February in good health, not having had a day's illness during the sixteen months he had been overseas; that after five days in the camp, where the arrangements for the 1692W supply of food were inadequate, the camp inches deep in mud and water, and the soldier having to sleep under canvas in cold weather with only a wet blanket to cover him, he was sent across to England, the feeding arrangements still being inadequate and was demobilised at midnight on Friday, the 21st February; that on the following morning he had to be taken into Purfleet Military Hospital, where he died on Monday, the 24th February; and whether he will institute a thorough inquiry into the matter with a view to some improvement being made in the conditions of this camp?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI have no information regarding this matter at present, but inquiries are being made.