HC Deb 01 November 1989 vol 159 c181W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the preparedness of United Kingdom emergency services to deal with major civil catastrophes.

Mr. John Patten

As my right hon. Friend the then Home Secretary said on 15 June at columns514–15, the emergency services provide an excellent response to such incidents, and recent events have confirmed that.