Mr. De la Bèreasked the Home Secretary whether he will consider incorporating in regulations to be made in connection with air-raid precautions a provision that a telephone be installed in every school coming under the county councils, with a view to closer contact with the children and parents in the event of an emergency?
§ Mr. LloydNo, Sir. The question whether a telephone would be desirable in a school would be a matter for consideration on its individual merits by the local authority, but my right hon. Friend would not be prepared to require 1991W by regulation that a telephone should be installed. The whole question of measures to safeguard school children, including the possible closing of schools in some areas, has been discussed with the Board of Education as a special aspect of air-raid precautions, and that Department will shortly issue a circular to local education authorities on this subject.