§ 34. Sir Annesley Somervilleasked the Prime Minister whether he will take steps to make the whole civil population of Germany realise the peril in which it is placed by the action of the German air force in bombing and machine-gunning purely residential areas in this country?
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Mr. Attlee)I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 23rd July last in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Mr. Lewis).
§ Sir A. SomervilleIs it not possible to take more direct steps to protect our own women and children? For instance, if residential areas are machine-gunned and bombed here, is it not possible, after giving due warning so as to allow of the evacuation of the German women and children concerned, to wipe out corresponding residential areas in Germany?
§ Mr. Gerro JonesWhat possible object can be gained by throwing into so much prominence, in perspective, the dangers which the civil population incur; and would it not be better to concentrate on the smallness of those dangers in comparison with the dangers run by the Fighting Services?
§ Mr. AttleeI think those points are dealt with by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in his reply.