§ 17. Mr. Rankinasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will place in the Library of the House copies of the Civil Defence manuals, leaflets and other literature issued to local authorities and Civil Defence organisations.
§ Mr. RentonCopies of all Civil Defence manuals and publications circulated by the Home Office to local authorities are already sent to the Library. If the hon. Member has any other document in mind, perhaps he would be good enough to let me have particulars.
§ Mr. RankinIs the hon. Gentleman aware that when this Question was put down, and up until last Thursday, I could find none of the literature in the Library to which I referred in the Question? In view of his Answer, can the hon. and learned Gentleman assure us that it has been brought up to date so as to tell the farmer, for example, how he will manage to bring in his cattle, round up his chickens and store away his eggs properly and safely all within the four-minute warning period now afforded to him?
§ Mr. RentonI will make sure that the information in the possession of the Library is up to date.
§ Mr. RankinWill the hon. and learned Gentleman now answer the important part of my supplementary question, the second part?
§ Mr. RentonI think that any question about the detailed content of any of this literature would be much better the subject of a separate Question on the Order Paper.