HC Deb 21 January 1942 vol 377 c378W
Mr. Henderson Stewart

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply what is the nature of the highly skilled work required to remove lampposts which offer potential large supplies of scrap throughout the country, and which, on account of their present uselessness and ugliness, might be removed with public assent?

Mr. Harold Macmillan

Skilled labour is required because the dismantling of lamp-posts involves the cutting off of gas and electricity supplies. At present, therefore, it is best to concentrate on the collection of other scrap, more easily removed.