Major NEWMAN, asked the Secretary of State for War whether the War Office has purchased or intends to purchase the national balloon factory at Finchley with a portion of the land and houses adjacent; and, if the purchase has been completed, will he give the total cost and the use to which it is proposed to put the disused factory and the land and houses purchased?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am not in a position to make any statement on this subject at present.