asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men in the N.F.S. are engaged in organising discussion group work; what trainings given to such men; where the training is undertaken; and what is its nature.

Discussion Groups were encouraged in the National Fire Service during the war, but it his not been practicable to keep the organisation in being in the changed circumstances, and I am informed that to all intents and purposes; these activities have ceased. No group leaders are being trained at the present time.