HC Deb 25 June 1942 vol 380 cc2165-6W
Mr. Brooke

asked the Home Secretary why he is forcing local ratepayers to pay part of the cost of subsistence allowances in the case of citizens compulsorily detailed for fire guard duty at business premises where the occupiers cannot provide their own fire guards, although, where the occupiers can and do provide their own fire guards, the subsistence allowances rank for 100 per cent. Exchequer grant?

Miss Wilkinson

My right hon. Friend proposes shortly to amend the Business Premises Order to deal with this question.