§ 15. Major Sir Jocelyn Lucasasked the Home Secretary under what conditions air-raid precautions workers are allowed free railway passes for holidays; whether the grant is retrospective; and whether this privilege will apply to a town, the name of which has been communicated to him?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonA circular was issued to local authorities at the beginning of July authorising in areas which have suffered heavy air raids, the payment of one third-class return railway fare in a year, without limitation as to length of journey, to whole-time members of the Civil Defence services to enable them to go on holiday. The areas to which this concession applies have been notified by the Regional Commissioners to the authorities concerned. The town mentioned to me by my hon. and gallant Friend is included in the scheme. The provision for the payment of holiday fares became operative as from 1st June last, and the local authorities to whose areas the scheme applies are at liberty to refund the amount expended on travelling by whole-time members of the Civil Defence services who went on holiday on or after 1st June and did not have their holiday fares paid at the time.