§ Mr. Sorensenasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware of complaints concerning cold, lack of light, inadequate airraid precautions, and the general unsuitability of conditions affecting defective children evacuated from Leyton and elsewhere to Suffolk coast camps; and whether, in view both of the particular need and of the position of these children, he will consider plans for their education under more suitable circumstances elsewhere?
Mr. LindsayThe camps in question were inspected early in the summer by representatives of the evacuation authority for London, and appeared to be the most suitable accommodation which could be found for handicapped children who, in their own interest and in that of householders, could not reasonably be placed in billets. After expert inspection a number of these camps have not been found suitable for continued use by such children in winter conditions, and five have been vacated. It will probably be necessary to vacate two further camps as soon as suitable accommodation can be made available elsewhere.