TERRITORIAL AND AUXILIARY FORCES ASSOCIATIONS

HC Deb 17 February 1948 vol 447 cc172-3W

Sir R. Glyn

asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give in the form of a table the estimates of expenditure on materials and labour that each of the Territorial and Air Force Associations throughout the United Kingdom consider to be necessary if the accommodation and amenities for which these associations are held responsible by Statute are to be available by the date when the National Service one-year men come out of the Services and are the responsibility for training, etc., of the Territorial Army.

Mr. Shinwell

The estimates which were prepared by Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Associations last August were of expenditure in the coming financial year and not of expenditure required by January, 1950. They have had to be severely cut because of the restriction of Capital Investment (Cmd. 7268) and therefore will bear little relationship to actual expenditure in the coming financial year. The accommodation requirements of the Territorial Army are being actively considered.