HC Deb 15 August 1940 vol 364 cc939-40
39. Mr. Channon

asked the Minister of Health by whom, in the case of compul- sory evacuation from the Defence Areas, compulsory billeting powers will be exercised?

Mr. M. MacDonald

Billeting power? are exercised by billeting officers appointed by mayors or by chairmen of district councils as the case may be, under powers delegated to them under paragraph (3) of Regulation 22 of the Defence Regulations, 1939.