Backbench MP to sponsor Civil Defence change
01 January 1991
Backbench MP to sponsor Civil Defence change
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Civil defence
Because of pressure on Parliamentary time, the Government is
seeking a backbench MP to sponsor as a Private Member's measure
an amendment to the Civil Defence Act 1948 to give local
authorities powers to deal with peacetime emergencies as well
as war.
Telegraph 85/03/15 p14
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