§ 27. Mr. G. Straussasked the Minister of Health whether he will consider a scheme for providing cheap holidays for Londoners and people from other heavily-bombed towns, who have suffered especial hardship as the result of air-raids, but are not covered by the Government evacuation scheme?
§ Mr. E. BrownI have much sympathy with the people whom my hon. Friend has in mind, but I am afraid that a scheme such as he proposes would not be practicable. Apart from Civil Defence personnel, for whom special travelling facilities are being made available, the difficulty of defining the classes of person to be benefited would be great, and any general extension of facilities would conflict with the Government's policy of encouraging holidays at home in order to reduce pressure on transport.