§ Captain Pluggeasked the Home Secretary whether, in arranging mobile labour corps to expedite the work of demolition and clearance in London, he will consider placing the groups of workers under a Royal Engineers officer, seconded for the purpose.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonThe Army Council have been good enough to lend Pioneers for the purpose of an immediate start upon the accumulated arrears of the work in question. It is hoped that the work will eventually be carried out entirely on a civilian basis. Towards this end the Ministry of Labour is enrolling a civilian labour reserve to supply the contractors operating under the scheme with the additional labour which they will require. No question therefore arises of permanently allocating military officers for this work.