§ Sir P. Macdonaldasked the Secretary of State for War what properties his 218W Department still owns or occupies in the Isle of Wight; and whether he will give particulars in each case as to when it is intended to derequisition these properties in order to make them available to provide temporary emergency accommodation for the civilian population before the winter.
§ Mr. ShinwellThree camps constructed on requisitioned land, at Lynn Farm, Rew Street and Whippingham are still held by my Department. I regret that I am not yet in a position to make a statement about the future of these sites. A number of properties in the Isle of Wight are owned by the War Department and no question of derequisitioning arises in these cases; the Department is, however, in touch with the local authority about the loan of some of these sites for temporary housing purposes.