§ 48. Mr. Gardnerasked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence whether his attention has been called to the bulk storage of petrol and other highly inflammable fluids in large capacity tanks in crowded industrial areas and close to docks and important railway lines; and whether he has any considered plan to defend vital industrial districts and means 1991 of communication from this additional danger if attacks are again made on this country from the air?
§ The Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence (Sir Thomas Inskip)The Committee of Imperial Defence are aware of the location of oil stocks and, as I stated during the Debate last Thursday, are constantly working on plans for the defence of important points against air attack. These include oil stocks and adjacent industrial districts and communications.