§ Mr. Woodburnasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping whether he is prepared to arrange that the national lifeboat service be embodied in the Civil Defence services, with adequate national provisions to equip and give security to its members?
§ Colonel LlewellinI am informed by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution that there is no desire on the part of the institution or the lifeboat crews for any change in their present status and I know of no reason why the existing arrangements should be altered. The institution inform me that they have no difficulty in obtaining the equipment they require for their boats and crews.