Lieut.-Colonel BELLasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that considerable feeling exists among the civil population of Tidworth owing to the refusal of the General Officer Commanding troops there to sanction the granting of a site for a fried-fish business; that, when an application for a site was made by a local resident, Mr. Beaver, it was refused on the grounds that there was no demand for such a business, and that thereupon a petition in favour was presented, signed by over 500 people of the neighbourhood, but that the application was refused again, no reason being as signed; and if he will inquire into the matter with a view to inducing the General Officer Commanding to reconsider his decision, and if there are valid reasons for maintaining the decision already given they may be made public?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am making enquiries, and will let the hon. and gallant Member know the result as soon as possible.