§ Mr. John Hallasked the Minister of Defence what evidence he has that men who have been living and working in air-conditioned accommodation in hot climates are particularly susceptible to heat exhaustion under operational conditions.
§ Mr. WatkinsonI have no evidence of this. Men who sleep and work in air-conditioned accommodation still spend enough of the day out of it to become acclimatised to the heat. In operational conditions, the great majority of the men involved are those who are normally used to working in the open.