HC Deb 26 July 1923 vol 167 c706
65. Captain W. BENN

asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has information indicating that the Italian Government has decided to set up a separate Air Service?

Sir S. HOARE

Yes, Sir. The Royal Italian Air Service was, by Royal Decree of the 28th March, last, constituted as a separate service, comprising all the naval and military aerial forces of the Kingdom of Italy and its colonies. The High Commissariat for Aeronautics, with Signor Mussolini as High Cmmissioner, has been established as the supreme authority for aeronautics.