Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Civil Defence. – in the House of Commons at on 14 December 1939.
Mr Walter Elliot
, Glasgow Kelvingrove
Plans were made in England and Wales for the evacuation of up to 3,000,000 persons: some 1,230,000 persons took advantage of the scheme. It is estimated that about 540,000 have returned to the evacuation areas.
