§ 35. Mr. R. Gibson (for Mr. Parker)asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, although the borough of Dagenham is not a scheme-making authority for air-raid precautions general schemes, it carries out the scheme for the borough as the agent of the county council and has full responsibility for fire- 26 precaution schemes and evacuation; that it has set up an emergency committee of three to perform these functions; and whether authority can be given to pay the expenses and loss of wages which membership of this committee entails?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Healthy (Miss Horsbrugh)I do not think the circumstances are such as to justify such an enlargement of the statutory provisions governing the payment of expenses and other allowances to members of local authorities as the hon. Member suggests.