HC Deb 28 November 1945 vol 416 c1328
85. Mr. Scott-Elliot

asked the Undersecretary of State for Air whether facilities for educational and vocational training are as readily available to those serving in S.E.A.A.F. as they are to those serving in Europe.

Mr. Strachey

A.C.S.E.A. did not have the opportunity to make real headway with E.V.T. until the Japanese war was over. Consequently, we realise that facilities are not yet generally available there to the same extent as in other Commands; but we are doing everything we possibly can to help them to catch up as quickly as possible.

Mr. Scott-Elliot

Will the Undersecretary give an undertaking that everything possible will be done to speed up this matter as much as possible?

Mr. Strachey

Yes, Sir, but I think that the fact that A.C.S.E.A. is behind in E.V.T. is inevitable.

Mr. Pickthorn

Might we ask that Ministers, in using initials, should use only those initials which are perspicuous to persons of ordinary information?