Anti-Aircraft Command

HC Deb 20 February 1951 vol 484 c1055

39. Mr. Ian Harvey

asked the Secretary of State for War why units of Anti-Aircraft Command have been excluded from the active Army.

Mr. Strachey

Units of Anti-Aircraft Command have not been excluded from the active Army. The term Anti-Aircraft Command embraces both active and Reserve Army units. Both types of units are due to receive Reservists in 1951.

Mr. Harvey

Is the Minister aware that the Prime Minister's statement gave an indication that there was differentiation between units of the active Army and Ack-Ack Command and that such differentiation is most unfortunate, particularly in view of the way members of Ack-Ack Command were treated after the last war?

Mr. Strachey

I could not agree with a reading of the Prime Minister's statement in that sense, but I am glad to make the matter perfectly clear in this Question and answer.