§ Mr. Dribergasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider issuing steel helmets, on loan from Northern regions, to farm workers and others normally working far from shelter in Southern England, including schoolboys and other volunteer harvest workers.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonAdequate supplies of civilian steel helmets are available in the areas to which the hon. Member refers. Employers can purchase them for their workers at a cost of 5s. 6d. each, by applying to their local authority, and a number of local distributing depots were set up for this purpose three years ago. The depots will be kept fully stocked. By arrangement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries helmets are also being made available for temporary issue, where necessary, to volunteer harvest workers, including schoolboys.