§ Wing-Commander Erringtonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that in a number of bombed areas there are damaged air-raid shelters which are in a predisposing condition for breeding vermin, flies, etc.; and whether he is prepared to give instructions for them to be demolished and to make arrangements for the necessary labour to be available.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonIn view of the very limited labour resources available and the urgent need to use them for first aid repairs to damaged houses, it has been necessary to confine the demolition of damaged air raid shelters to cases where their structural condition constitutes a public danger. As regards the condition of shelters which it is not possible to demolish, it is the duty of the local authority to inspect their district for the detection of nuisances and to take steps to abate or remove them. I have no doubt they can be relied upon to discharge this responsibility so far as the man-power situation permits.