Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 9 Rhagfyr 1947.
This matter has nothing to do with any cut in capital investment.
For a long period of years the accommodation for the Army has been inadequate. It was inadequate when I was Financial Secretary, in 1929; it has been inadequate ever since; and as the strength of the Army has increased we find the position has become even more desperate.