asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when it is expected to derequisition the houses in Chelsea still used for the accommodation of W.R.N.S.

The only houses now held on requisition by the Admiralty in Chelsea to accommodate W.R.N.S. are Shelley House and No. 8, Embankment Gardens. These properties are likely to be required by the Navy for a long time and it is, therefore, the Admiralty's intention to substitute, in each case, a lease for the requisition; I understand that the owners are agreeable to such a course.