§ 4. Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether instructions have been issued to chief executives of local authorities to be based within a certain radius of a nuclear shelter.
§ Mr. MayhewNo, Sir.
§ Mr. RobertsWill the Minister explain why the metropolitan borough of Sefton is spending £l million to move the chief executive's office from Bootle to leafy Southport to be near the nuclear fall-out bunker so that, when the four-minute warning comes, he can get there, but the people of Bootle cannot? Is he aware that it is a waste of money because, when last there was a practice run, he arrived without the key, the caretaker had to be sent for and he arrived an hour later on a bicycle?
§ Mr. MayhewThat just goes to show the value of exercises. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will do all that he can to drive home the importance of that lesson.