§ Mr. Parkerasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that local authorities have in many cases requisitioned basements and coal cellars for use as un-watched air-raid shelters, thus leaving the houses or flats above them exposed to theft, fire, and damage from flooding should drains or water-pipes burst; and whether the Department has laid down any general principle or made any recommendations to these authorities as to responsibility for repairs, alterations in householders' insurance policies, and restoration to their original purpose at the end of the war?
§ Mr. MabaneWhere possession of properties is taken compulsorily under the Defence Regulations, the question of compensation is regulated by the Defence (Compensation) Act. If my hon. Friend will send him particulars of the cases he has in mind, my right hon. Friend will be glad to examine them.
§ Sir I. Alberyasked the Home Secretary whether air-raid shelters have yet been delivered in the Isle of Grain?
§ Sir J. AndersonAfter consideration of all the relevant factors it was decided not to include the Isle of Grain among the specified areas in which the free distribution of steel shelters is being made.