§ 14. Mr. THURTLEasked the Secretary of State for War if he can make a statement as to the object of the recent action of his Department in sending a company of soldiers into the London postal tube and keeping them there for a number of hours?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe experiment was designed to furnish data regarding the ventilation required under certain conditions in underground shelters, such as dug-outs.
§ Mr. THURTLEWas it undertaken with a view to finding out information for the provision of shelter for the civilian population in the event of air-raids?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSNot exclusively. Both the military and the civil population will be subject to somewhat the same conditions. The experiments were intended to provide some information with respect to ventilation.