§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has considered the renewed application of the borough council of Newcastle-under-Lyme for the same functions in Civil Defence as have already been conferred on the borough councils of Cambridge, Chesterfield, Luton and Swindon: and if he will now amend the appropriate regulations so as to include Newcastle-under-Lyme.
§ Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe:The application is being considered, and I hope to 74W let the borough council of Newcastle-under-Lyme have my decision very soon.