HC Deb 24 February 1960 vol 618 cc56-7W
77. Captain Orr

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements have been made for warnings given by the early warning installation at Fylingdales Moor to be conveyed to Civil Defence organisations throughout the country; and how long such a process is expected to take.

Mr. R. A. Butler

As indicated in the reply given to the hon. Member for Barking (Mr. Driberg) by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Air on 22nd February, it is planned to originate a public warning from this station. Arrangements are being made to replace the use of post office telephone operators by a line broadcast system. These should make it possible to distribute warnings throughout the country in a matter of seconds.

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Liscombe experimental husbandry farm. Dulverton, Somerset.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Rosewarne experimental horticulture station. Camborne, Cornwall.
Ellbridge sub-station. Tamar Valley.
Agricultural Research Council. The Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station (National Fruit and Cider Institute). Long Ashton, Bristol. (Located in Somerset.)
Seale-Hayne Agricultural College. Newton Abbot, Devon.
Devon County Council, School of Agriculture. Bicton, East Budleigh, Devon.
Dorset County Council, Farm Institute. Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, Dorset.
Comerset County Council, Farm Institute. Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset.