HC Deb 11 May 1938 vol 335 c1577
65. Mr. Simmonds

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of resignations and the number of dismissals from the service of the Air Ministry as a result of the findings of the Cadman Committee?

Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead

The answer to both parts of the question is none.

Mr. Simmonds

Is it the fact that, although the Cadman Committee made most serious criticisms against the Air Ministry, there have been no resignations, and that the people who stated that there was a case for inquiry, namely, the pilots, are the only people who have been dismissed?

Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead

The Cadman Committee made a variety of recommendations for improvements in many directions in civil aviation, and attention is being given to those recommendatons, but that does not necessarily involve the resignation of Air Ministry personnel.

Mr. Holdsworth

Why not dismiss the people who made the inquiries?