§ 66. Mr. Keelingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons the installation of klaxon horns as a local warning of the approach of flying bombs has been abandoned.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonKlaxons were intended to provide a local warning in London for flying bombs when attacks were frequent and prolonged. Since the capture of the flying bomb bases in France and Belgium, the scale of attack has been considerably reduced. It has, therefore, been decided that the expenditure of man-power and materials required to complete the manufacture of klaxons and to instal them, and the greater expenditure of man-power required to operate them after installation, are not now justified. The siren warning is still in use and is, I think, adequate.