§ 6. Mr. Sutcliffeasked the Secretary of State for War if he will increase the numbers of his Department's constabulary as a safeguard against the outbreak of fire where valuable material is stored.
§ Mr. StracheyYes, Sir. In order to promote this object, pay increases have recently been authorised for the War Department constabulary, and more married quarters are becoming available.
§ Mr. SutcliffeWill the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind that a serious aspect of this shortage of men has been the fact that it has been impossible for them to inspect the inside of the buildings with anything like regularity, and that therefore a fire could start and be unobserved for some time before anybody was aware of it?
§ Mr. StracheyWe do, of course, wish to increase the numbers of these constables.