§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he took, prior to 30th June, 1943, to warn local authorities that he did not intend his statement of 20th May, 1941, to imply that fire brigades would necessarily be restored after the war to the authorities from whom they were taken.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonNone, Sir, because, as I explained in my speech on 30th June, 1943, my statement on 20th May, 1941, did not imply that fire brigades would after the war necessarily return to the same local authorities.