§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contribution his Department and the police will be making to Exercise Brave Defender.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe Department will not be participating in this exercise, which is a military home defence exercise to test the plans for the protection of vital installations in conventional war. The police are being consulted during its planning but it is too early to say whether, and if so to what extent, they will participate in the exercise itself.