§ Mr. McEnteeasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is aware of the varying widths of stretchers issued by his own Department, by the War Office, and by various manufacturers; that there is also a variation in the width of stretcher-runs in ambulances and ambulance trailers; that local air-raid precautions committees using more than one kind are finding that stretchers are not inter-changeable; and will he endeavour to secure a standard width in stretchers and ambulance runs, so as to avoid the danger caused by varying sizes?
§ Sir J. AndersonThe stretchers issued by Government Departments for air-raid casualty work are uniform in width with those of the War Office, and there is corresponding uniformity in the ambulance fittings. There may be a certain divergence on the part of some of the local ambulance authorities; but in the plans now being made for emergency ambulance services every effort is being made to secure complete uniformity in these matters.