HC Deb 02 December 1952 vol 508 cc143-4W
101. Mr. D. Jones

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now able to give an estimate of the expenditure to be incurred in rehabilitating the barracks and other quarters at The Morne, St. Lucia, for the reception of the newly formed British West India Regiment; and whether he will have regard to the fact that it is desirable to relate these works to the Castries reconstruction, so as to make the best use of the building force available on the island.

Mr. Lyttelton

Expenditure is estimated at £125,000, spread over three years. The proposal to revive the British West India Regiment is still under consideration by the colonial Governments concerned and is unlikely to be settled by the date when the reconstruction of Castries should be finished.

The following table gives the figures for that date, together with comparable figures for September, 1950 and 1951: