§ 26. Mr. James Hallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will arrange for the re-issue of gas masks without charge to children who are, or have been, evacuated, and whose masks are found to be in a perished condition?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Security (Mr. Mabane)It is part of the instructions to local authorities to maintain an inspection of gas masks so that those which are found to be faulty from any cause can be exchanged. The exchange is made free of charge for school children evacuated under the Government evacuation scheme.
§ Mr. MabaneThe Question relates to children who have been evacuated and not children who have come back.