§ Mr. De Chairasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that large numbers of the public have bought blackout equipment for car headlamps, &c, which are considered by local air-raid precautions authorities to be entirely adequate, but which do not conform to the revised specifications; and, as such firms who have disposed of their entire stocks to the public are anxious that their customers should not be compelled to change to a new pattern whether he will allow the police in country districts discretion in approving equipment already bought if, in their opinion, it is satisfactory?
§ Sir J. AndersonI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on the nth October to a question by the hon. Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. Brooke).