§ Lord Jenkins of Putneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will recognise that civil defence is not credible in this country with its crowded urban areas while their defence strategy is based on nuclear weapons; and whether they will therefore abandon their attempt to compel local authorities to take part in what many councillors and local government workers regard as a dangerous and heartless fraud.
§ Lord EltonNo. Civil defence would reduce the effect of any foreseeable attack on this country, whether with conventional or nuclear weapons and could save millions of lives.