§ Brigadier-General Clifton Brownasked the Secretary of State for War, what competent military authority approved sleeping quarters for the Auxiliary Territorial Service girls billeted at Aldermaston, Berkshire; is he aware that each volunteer was provided with only a bed-board, palliasse, bolster and blankets and only outside washing and lavatory accommodation; whether conditions have now been improved in the sick room and adequate attention and nursing provided for those who are ill; and whether he will see that women welfare officers are appointed in each command to inspect the social conditions at isolated Auxiliary Territorial Service detachments and to report to their county welfare committees outside the purview of War Office regulations?
§ Mr. StanleyAt Aldermaston, members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service sleep on hospital beds with mattresses, pillows, sheets and blankets. There is washing and lavatory accommodation indoors, as well as hutted baths which have lately been erected. Special sick quarters have been provided and there is a resident medical officer and five Voluntary Aid Detachment members. Women welfare officers have been appointed in the Southern Command.