§ 18. Mr. John Dugdaleasked the Secretary of State for Air why airmen have recently keen forbidden to send pyjamas to the Service laundries each week?
§ Sir A. SinclairAirmen's laundry is sent either to a R.A.F. laundry or, under contract, to a commercial laundry. R.A.F. laundries cater only for barrack laundry and airmen's clothing which is a Service issue and therefore do not accept pyjamas, which are not an official issue. No new rule has been introduced, but owing to the general shortage of laundry facilities 341 throughout the country I understand that it has been necessary for certain Regional Officers of the Board of Trade to issue instructions that commercial laundries shall not accept items additional to issue clothing.
§ Mr. DugdaleIs the object of this to prevent airmen from wearing pyjamas?
§ Sir A. SinclairThe difficulty arises from the great restriction in laundry facilities.