HC Deb 22 December 1937 vol 330 cc1966-7
50 and 53. Mr. Short

asked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence (1) what steps are being taken to provide adequate anti-aircraft defence of munition and railway centres; whether sites for antiaircraft guns have been surveyed and selected; and whether the Territorial and Regular Forces are responsible for antiaircraft defence;

(2) what anti-aircraft guns have been allotted to Doncaster and the surrounding area?

Sir T. Inskip

I can assure the hon. Member that steps are taken and appropriate dispositions are made according to the circumstances of each case, but it would not be in the public interest to disclose the character or extent of preparations for the defence of particular localities. As regards the second part of the first question, the answer is in the affirmative.

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