§ 36. Mr. Kenyonasked the Minister of Supply if, in view of the unsatisfactory manner in which the Highways Hostel, Euxton, is managed by the Young Men's Christian Association/Young Women's Christian Association Joint Committee, he will consider transferring the management to his Department.
§ Mr. LowI do not accept the implication in the Question. The Y.M.C.A./Y.W.C.A. Joint Committee, which was formed in 1940, has done very good work in setting up and running certain hostels for the Ministry of Supply. I should like to place on record our gratitude for the services performed by this Joint Committee and by the staff working under it. But, arising out of the current review of the Ministry's hostels, it has recently been decided that certain hostels previously run for us by voluntary bodies shall, in future, be managed directly by the Ministry. The High ways Hostel, Euxton, is one of these.