HC Deb 01 February 1934 vol 285 c522
24. Mr. DIXEY

asked the Home Secretary whether, having regard to the public anxiety regarding precautions against possible gas attack, he will state whether a satisfactory gas mask has been approved for defensive purposes and, if so, where can these be obtained; and whether the Government have considered any plan for the utilisation of underground shelters as a defensive precaution against gas attacks?

Sir J. GILMOUR

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave on the 23rd November last to questions by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for East Hull (Brigadier-General Nation) and by the hon. Member for East Wolverhampton (Mr. Mander), and to the answer given by the Prime Minister on the 18th December to the hon. and gallant Member for the Ardwick Division of Manchester (Captain Fuller).