§ 41. Mr. Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the letter from the Secretary of the Institute of Civil Defence drawing his attention to the terms of two resolutions passed at the annual meeting of this institute asking that the existing, warrant of Her Majesty's Secretary for Home Affairs should be withdrawn and replaced by a Warrant of the Crown raising the status of the service to that of The Royal Civil Defence Corps and asking that the requisite authority and recognition should be given to the Civil Defence Corps as a national emergency service; what has been the nature of his reply; and whether he will make a statement.
§ 42. Mrs. Braddockasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has given consideration to the suggestion of the Institute of Civil Defence, in a resolution sent to him, ICD 704/15, that the status of Civil Defence should be raised to Royal Civil Defence Corps; and what action he is taking in this matter.
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sir David Maxwell Fyfe)I have received the letter referred to and have replied that the matters it contains are receiving consideration.