§ Mr. HUTCHISONasked the Home Secretary the nature of the anti-gas material to be purchased during the current financial year under the expenditure provided for in the estimates of his Department; and whether this expendi- 567W ture is to include the carrying out of any practice by the civilian population of action to be taken in the event of an air raid?
Captain CROOKSHANKThe only anti-gas material which it is at present the intended that the Home Office should568W purchase in this financial year is a first supply of anti-gas respirators, mainly for the personnel of air raid precaution service. There is no present intention of incurring any expenditure in this final year in connection with an air raid exercise for the civil population.