§ Sir W. Robson Brownasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, having regard to the indispensable work performed by former Civil Defence personnel during the recent floods, he will now consider reinstating the service as a trained corps immediately available at the sceme of civil disasters of such magnitude as to be beyond the normal resources of police, fire and other services.
§ Mr. CallaghanNo. I do not accept that the re-establishment of the Civil Defence Corps is necessary for the purpose of dealing with peacetime disasters.