§ Viscount SANDONasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that the destruction of stores and huts by fire at Shoeburyness in 1927, as quoted in the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General, involved the State in loss, he will say why such Government property is not covered by insurance?
§ Mr. COOPERI can trace no reference to this case in the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General, but it is the well-recognised rule that Government-property is not normally insured.