§ Mr. Heathcoat Amoryasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will investigate the accommodation and food on the Medloc leave trains between Marseilles and Calais, and the transit camp at the latter place, with a view to remedying the unsatisfactory conditions.
§ Mr. BellengerI have already taken steps to investigate conditions on Medloc trains and in the transit camps on the route. A War Office Inspection Mission travelled over the route as recently as mid-December and has reported. Necessary improvements are being made where this is possible. With regard to accommodation on the trains themselves, the whole of Europe is suffering from an acute shortage of rolling stock and there is no practicable method of obtaining more up-to-date stock for this route. Our existing repair facilities are strained to capacity in maintaining in running condition what we at present have.