HC Deb 16 May 1950 vol 475 cc989-90
17. Group-Captain Wilcock

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will at least discontinue the blowing of bugles at Wellington Barracks at the times for getting up, having dinner, and going to bed, in view of the fact that the appropriate times for each are common knowledge.

Mr. Strachey

I fear I can hardly do that. People often, in my experience, need to be reminded that it is time to get up; and they like to hear that it is dinner time. However, there is, in fact, no bugle call at Wellington Barracks for going to bed.

Group-Captain Wilcock

Is my right hon. Friend aware that this nuisance is not confined to Wellington Barracks, but applies to all the other barracks in London? Could not this barbarian uproar be restricted to emergency calls and not created just to convey to His Majesty's guard that it is time to get up or to go to dinner? Nobody objects to the emergency call, but only to the ordinary call.

Air-Commodore Harvey

Will the right hon. Gentleman ask his hon. and gallant Friend how he was called in the morning and summoned to his meals when he trained with the Royal Air Force?