§ 58. Mr. MANDERasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he will consider the advisability of arranging at the Royal Air Force Display this year that the conditions shall be made, as far as 2064 practicable without endangering life, as close as may be to a state of actual warfare, and that bombs containing small quantities of tear gas shall be dropped, with a view to educating the younger generation as to what war involves to the civilian population?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Sir Philip Sassoon)The answer is in the negative.
§ Mr. MANDERDoes my right hon. Friend not think it desirable to demonstrate that war is not all joy-riding, and that it might be a good thing to give the public a whiff of the real thing?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThe Royal Air Force Display is the culmination of the Royal Air Force annual training. It does not involve the use of gas in any form whatever.