HC Deb 08 August 1940 vol 364 c437W
Mr. David Adams

asked the Home Secretary whether his Department has considered the advisability of taking up hard road surfaces and concrete and cement backyards in dangerous and congested areas with a view to minimising the effects of bomb explosions in these areas, in view of the fact that bomb explosions cause most destruction when they occur among hard surfaces?

Sir J. Anderson

I cannot wholly accept the premises on which my hon. Friend's suggestion is based; but in any event I doubt whether his suggestion would be practicable.

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