Hoare, the Home Secretary, covering the report of the Committee's recommendations, and action has already been taken both in the light of the recommendations, and of the experience gained during the recent crisis io examine and prepare in detail evacuation schemes.
In approving the recommendations of the Committee, the Government, in particular, express their concurrence in the following principles:
First, that, except insofar as it may be necessary for military or other special reasons to require persons to leave some limited area, evacuation should not be compulsory; Secondly, that for the purpose of supporting a national war effort and supplying the general needs of the civilian population, production in the large industrial towns must be maintained, but it is desirable to provide organized facilities for the evacuation of substantial numbers of people from certain industrial areas; Thirdly, that arrangements for the reception of persons who are homeless should be mainly on the basis of accommodation in private houses, under the powers of compulsory billeting.
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