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01 January 1991

LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN EMERGENCY PLANNING
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 009400
I Henderson
Local Gov Stud, Jul/Aug 1986 12(4) pp10-16

The place of civil defence and emergency planning in local
government is assessed on the basis of experience as a councillor
on Warwickshire County Council between 1980 and 1985, a period
which saw a rapid increase in interest in this issue by
the Labour Party and the public at large. Considers the idiocy of
confining serious matters such as response to the effects of a
nuclear attack to relatively unimportant local government
committees with few resources, some of whom have opted out
altogether by declaring their areas nuclear free zones. Comments
on possible approaches to this problem including the transfer of
wartime emergency planning powers to the regional level, a move
which would probably lead to even greater central/local conflict.
However, long term solutions will only be possible if the
government engages in genuine debate about civil defence
options. 19 notes and references .

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