§ 51. Major GLYNasked the Prime Minister whether a Sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence has been considering the necessity of maintaining a separate Air Force.; and whether evidence in favour of the retention of the Air Force as a separate service was given by the Board of Admiralty and General Staff?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe question of the retention of the Air Force as a separate service was raised incidentally to discussions at the Committee of Imperial Defence on the functions of the Air Force in Imperial Defence. It would not be in the public interest to state what attitude was taken up by representatives of particular Departments at the Committee of Imperial Defence.