Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy. – in the House of Commons at on 29 July 1931.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, if, in view of the inadequacy of the messing, sleeping and general facilities for petty officers, seamen and stokers at Fort Blockhouse, Portsmouth, he will take steps immediately to put in hand the building of the proposed new block?
Will the right hon. Gentleman treat this matter as one of urgency in view of the fact that men are sleeping on the floors and tables, that the petty officers are in the old instruction shed, and that the conditions are very bad?