§ Mr. Levyasked the Home Secretary whether his Department has formed any estimate of the percentage of people who regularly carry their gas masks; and whether he is considering taking any steps to enforce the carrying of masks?
§ Sir J. AndersonI have not attempted to form any such estimate, but I hope that the numbers of people who take care to carry their gas-masks will be increased as a result of the reminders which have recently been issued. As at present advised, I do not propose that failure to carry a gas-mask shall be made a criminal offence: I prefer to rely on the good sense of the public to comply in their own interests with the advice which has been given them.