HC Deb 21 December 1944 vol 406 cc1929-30
36. Mr. Woodburn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now able to relax the prohibition against the use of whistles and other forms of announcement by delivery vans in housing areas.

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Herbert Morrison)

While my hon. Friend's suggestion involves various difficulties, and, as he will be aware, whistles are used as air raid warning signals, I sympathise with its object, and I am going into the matter with a view to seeing whether any relaxations Can be made which will not diminish the effectiveness of the warning system. I will communicate with my hon. Friend in due course.

Mr. Woodburn

Will the right hon. Gentleman look into this matter and take into account the fact that, as far as one can judge, the air raid danger is not the same in all parts of the country now, and that, in Scotland and many parts of the North of England, it would be quite possible to relax many of these petty restrictions without any difficulty?

Mr. Morrison

That is one of the points I will bear in mind.