§ 87. Mr. A. Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date and in what place the Gov- 240W ernment intends to hold full-scale exercises involving the services, Civil Defence and welfare organisations to deal with an imaginary atomic bomb explosion.
§ Mr. de FreitasA number of useful small-scale exercises on the ground have been held and the scope of these will be extended as the Civil Defence organisation develops. There have also been several confidential large scale exercises taking the form of conferences attended by representatives of the various civil and military authorities. An exercise of this character, covering the London Civil Defence Region, is at the moment being held in Kensington.