§ Colonel Sir ARTHUR HOLBR00Kasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a contract has recently been placed for the construction of 36 steel houses at Larkhill Camp, Salisbury plain; whether it has been determined that such houses are adapted for such an exposed position, and that they could resist the recoil of artillery fire which is carried on in the vicinity; and whether he has considered the disturbance which will be created in the brick industry in the Salisbury Plain district by the contemplated change in the character of the houses to be erected?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe contract was placed after inspection of houses of this type already erected. They are considered suitable as regards resistance both to weather and to the recoil of artillery fire. I do not think that the construction of these 36 experimental small houses in steel will have any appreciable effect on the brick industry in the district.