§ 9. Air-Commodore Harveyasked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware of the poor conditions under which officers and airmen serving at the R.A.F. station, Hednesford, are living; and if he will make investigations, with a view to improving them.
§ The Secretary of State for Air (Mr. Philip Noel-Baker)The Commanding Officer at Hednesford has received no complaints about the living conditions in his station, and none have been received by the Air Ministry in London. Hednesford, however, is a hutted camp, and I know that some hardship was caused during the recent cold weather by the shortage of fuel and by frozen pipes. I hope that some 1215 improvement may be made at Hednesford this year, but I regret that I cannot now predict when the station can be re-built.
§ Air-Commodore HarveyIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that my information is that complaints have been made to the commanding officer and that conditions of living have been described as squalor? May I ask the Minister to have this station looked into because there is very great dissatisfaction there?
§ Mr. Noel-BakerI will certainly have it looked into, and I am much obliged to the hon. and gallant Member. I asked for a report and I have been assured that the accommodation at Hednesford compares quite favourably with that at our other hutted camps which, of course, leave much to be desired.