asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been drawn to the circumstances of a practice bomb released by a Royal Air Force machine crashing through the roof of a house and wounding two sleeping children, David and Trevor Thomas, who were evacuees from the Upper North Street School, Poplar; that Trevor, aged six years, died shortly afterwards; and whether he will, in future, prevent such practice over areas where so many young children have been sent from vulnerable areas for protection against air raids?

I deeply regret this unfortunate occurrence, the circumstances of which are now under investigation by a Court of Inquiry. I need hardly assure the hon. Member that practice bombing areas are most carefully selected with a view to reducing to a minimum the risk of accidents such as this.