§ 22. Captain Peter Macdonaldasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the long period which has passed without serious air-raids on this country, he will consider the desirability of allowing Civil Defence workers to engage more freely in other part-time services in connection with the war?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI presume my hon. and gallant Friend is hot referring to part-time Civil Defence personnel. A large amount of useful work is being done by the greatly reduced number of those necessarily retained for whole-time duty in the Civil Defence Services. But I agree with my hon. and gallant Friend that there is room for improvement and I am already considering how certain difficulties that have arisen in the working of existing arrangements can best be dealt with.