Oral Answers to Questions — Civil Defence (Thermo-Nuclear Weapons)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 July 1954.

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Photo of Mr Maurice Edelman Mr Maurice Edelman , Coventry North 12:00, 15 July 1954

While thanking the Prime Minister for his reply, may I ask whether he discussed with the President the question of the advantages of a national organisation for civil defence, which the United States appears to favour, over the older local system of civil defence, which appears to be favoured by the Home Office, but which has been outmoded by the hydrogen bomb?