Civil Defence

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 8:13 pm on 26 October 1983.

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Photo of Mr Robert Banks Mr Robert Banks , Harrogate 8:13, 26 October 1983

Surely the right hon. Gentleman is making the case for civil defence. Those people on the perimeter who survived but suffered from the effects of the explosion would have been spared them had there been civil defence arrangements. If the right hon. Gentleman visited Hiroshima today he would find a modern thriving city on that site.