§ 30. Rear-Admiral Beamishasked the Home Secretary what comments he has received from the South-Eastern Regional Commissioner on the uneconomical 1184 aspects of the provisions of H.S.C. 256, which bear hardly upon the local authorities whose Civil Defence services are in a great measure voluntary, and who, because of this, find themselves denied grants-in-aid unless they are prepared to increase very largely the expenses of their Civil Defence, despite its efficiency and contentment; and will he modify H.S.C. 256?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI am making inquiries into the matter.