§ 18. Mr. Aspinwallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider endowing a British university chair for civil defence.
§ 19. Mr. Spellerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider establishing a research fellowship in civil defence.
§ 25. Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make it his policy to establish a research fellowship in civil defence.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI would refer my hon. Friends to the reply given to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Mr. Jessel) earlier today.
§ 34. Mr. Gerald Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he will establish whether local authorities are meeting the objectives and priorities he will be setting them on the civil defence register.
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§ Mr. Giles ShawWhilst there is no register, I can confirm that monitoring local authority performance is included in the proposed programme for implementing the Civil Defence Regulations 1983.
§ 56. Mr. Bill Walkerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied that the civil defence adviser has sufficient staff to enable him to assess what local authorities are doing to meet their civil defence commitments.
§ 73. Mr. Wallerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied that the civil defence adviser has sufficient staff to enable him to assess what local authorities are doing to meet their civil defence requirements.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI am satisfied at present, but I shall be looking at this in preparing a staged programme for implementation of the 1983 regulations.
§ 69. Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will be in a position to start providing regular reports to the House on how local authorities are proceeding with their civil defence requirements.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Newark (Mr. Alexander) earlier today.