§ 36. Mr. WHYTEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the information obtained as a result of the recent combined naval and air exercises, he is satisfied that our air services are sufficient to provide the Navy with adequate protection against attacks from the air?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThe air services of the country, present and prospective, are on the scale approved by His Majesty's Government as adequate for their purpose, and this is not affected by the experience of the recent exercises.
§ Mr. WHITESIDEIs it the considered judgment of the Government that six aircraft carriers are sufficient to protect the Navy against air attack in all parts of the world?
§ Sir P. SASSOONI said "air services present and prospective."