asked the Home Secretary what steps have been taken to benefit from the experience of the last London air-raid; and is it intended to ask all local authorities to check their shelters and welfare organisations in order to have the most efficient shelter and welfare services ready to meet all emergencies?

I am informed that work has been put in hand, or is in progress, at a number of the larger shelters to facilitate the admission of the public and to improve lighting of stairways, and I am considering whether further guidance to local authorities is required on specific points in the light of the Report of Mr. Dunne's Inquiry.