asked the Home Secretary in view of the public concern caused by the Fourteenth Report from the Select Committee on National Expenditure and the importance of securing to the country the highest possible degree of effectiveness in war camouflage, how many meetings of the Advisory Committee on Camouflage have been held since the commencement of the present year and the respective dates of such meetings?

Following upon the 14th Report from the Select Committee on National Expenditure, the whole subject of the protection of vital targets and areas by concealment and deception has been reviewed by a committee under the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Mabane). The Advisory Committee on Camouflage has not met during the present year, but its technical committee, including those responsible for camouflage in the various Services and Departments, met regularly throughout the year at intervals of about a fortnight, until it was superseded by a newly constituted Camouflage Committee under the chairmanship of the Director of Camouflage.

asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the reports as to the effectiveness of camouflage in a certain theatre of war where carried out under the supervision of a distinguished biological specialist, a copy of which has been sent to him; and whether he will consider the possibility of making the services of the specialist in question available in the home country for supervisory and educative functions in respect of war camouflage in general?

I have been asked to reply. The answer to the first part of the Question is "Yes." As regards the second part, I would refer to the reply given to a Question by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War on 29th July.