§ 40. Squadron-Leader Donnerasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what alternative aerodromes, and at what cost in equipping them, are being planned outside Egypt to take the place of those to be abandoned there.
§ Mr. StracheyNo final decision has yet been taken on the deployment of our Air Forces in the Middle East, and I cannot, therefore, give any estimate of expenditure likely to be involved. We shall, of course, make full use of the airfields already available in the Royal Air Force Mediterranean and Middle East Command.
§ Squadron-Leader DonnerSurely plans could have been made for alternative aerodromes when the decision was taken to evacuate Egypt?
§ Mr. StracheyThere are a very large number of alternative airfields in many parts of the Middle East.