Colonel Wedģwoodasked the Home Secretary how far he has succeeded in cutting down the expenditure of local authorities on air-raid precautions; and whether he can state how many paid men and women have now been dispensed with or replaced by unpaid voluntary service?
§ Sir J. AndersonA review of the A.R.P. establishments of local authorities is still in progress and in the meantime I am not in a position to give the particulars desired.