§ Mr. Simmondsasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that employers of labour are uncertain as to their position of legal responsibility if they permit their workers to continue work after an air-raid warning has been sounded; and whether he will make a statement in clarification of this matter?
§ Sir W. WomersleyThe relief given to employers by the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1939, in regard to war injuries sustained by their work-people, is not affected by the fact that the work-people may be permitted to continue work after an air-raid warning has been sounded in the circumstances referred to in the answer given to the hon. Member by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 2nd July.