§ 60. Mr. J. Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how far the setting up of the Mobile Defence Corps will result in any reduction in the responsibilities of the civil authorities for raising and training forces of Civil Defence volunteers.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe new scheme will not diminish the need for the volunteer forces raised by civil authorities, forthey remain an essential part of our home defence. The Mobile Defence Corps will provide an invaluable strengthening of rescue, ambulance and firefighting forces, but if it is to operate to full advantage it must rely on the local knowledge and guidance of the local forces. Moreover, there are many other civil defence duties which lie entirely outside the scope of the new Corps.