Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 February 1983.
Local authorities take the lead in local emergency planning, and the Government have appointed co-ordinators for England and Wales and for Scotland to advise them on the use of voluntary effort. Valuable contributions can be made by the voluntary aid societies especially, and we encourage local authorities to seek and organise help from any quarter.