HC Deb 09 July 1940 vol 362 cc1081-2
62. Rear-Admiral Beamish

asked the Home Secretary whether the coastal area now under control is to be extended to the westward to include the county of Sussex; and whether he realises that the failure to decide whether or not to extend is producing a disturbed state of mind in the population of the area concerned?

Mr. Mabane

The Sussex coastal area was declared a Defence Area on 1st July.

Rear-Admiral Beamish

Can my hon. Friend say who it is who controls movement into and out of this area, and why the borough of Brighton is excluded from it?

Mr. Mabane

That is a different question. Perhaps my hon. and gallant Friend will put it on the Paper.