§ Mr. G. Griffithsasked the Home Secretary whether there are any data from practice to show how long it would take to assemble 30,000 respirators and issue them?
§ Mr. LloydTests which have been made in the assembly of respirators show that 30,000 can be assembled by 29 persons in eight hours; and provided the work of distribution is carried out concurrently with that of assembly it should be completed shortly afterwards.
§ Mr. G. Griffithsasked the Home Secretary whether, in cases of threatened or actual attack, lights on parked vehicles will be extinguished?
§ Mr. LloydThe arrangement contemplated is that the side and rear lamps of vehicles should be screened so that they are not visible from the air.
§ Mr. Naylorasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the issue to the Mayor of Wimbledon in a recent air-raid precautions test of a defective gas mask, with unfortunate ill-effects upon the mayor; and whether he has satisfied himself that the gas masks now being provided for use in that borough are guaranteed proof against gas?
§ Mr. LloydI am informed that the mayor and the deputy-mayor, accompanied by an air-raid precautions 225W organiser, went into the gas chamber together after the mayor had been fitted for a civilian duty respirator by a qualified instructor. It was noticed that the mayor was moving his respirator and he was asked to go outside for further fitting. The respirator, possibly through the use of disinfectant, had caused a watering of the eyes but, after the respirator had been put on again, the mayor returned to the gas chamber and went through the trial with the same respirator and with no ill effect.