§ 86. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry (1) On what date and by whose authority the order declining to allow members of the Royal Air Force to wear chevrons was issued; (2) whether a number of officers and men who, while in His Majesty's Army, earned and wore chevrons by reason of fighting at the front, now that they have transferred to the Royal Air Force have been ordered to remove such chevrons; and, if so, will he say by what authority the Air Council or any officer orders badges of honour awarded by His Majesty to be removed; and (3) whether officers and men of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, since transferred to the 1939 Royal Air Force, having earned and worn chevrons for work in France are now ordered to take them off?
§ The UNDER SECRETARY of STATE to the AIR MINISTRY (Major Baird)I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave yesterday to the hon. Member for the Wellington Division of Shropshire, of which I am sending him a copy.