§ 6. Mr. Cobbasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will consider paying the rate for the job in those cases where it is definitely established that W.A.A.F. officers and non-commissioned officers are holding R.A.F. officers' and non-commissioned officers' posts and performing the duties laid down satisfactorily.
§ Mr. P. Noel-BakerMy hon. Friend is, I am sure, aware that His Majesty's Government have recently received the Report of a Royal Commission on the general subject of Equal Pay for Men and Women, and that its recommendations are now under consideration. He will understand that I can make no statement on the principle of equal pay in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force at the present time.
§ Mr. CobbIs it then to be the continued policy of my right hon. Friend to get these jobs, which are admittedly men's jobs, done on the cheap?
§ Mr. Noel-BakerNo, Sir. My hon. Friend must not assume that. I would refer him in particular to paragraph 60 of the Report of the Royal Commission.