§ 27. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Civil Aviation what advice he has given to gliding clubs on the age-limit below which schoolboys should be ineligible for membership.
§ Mr. MaudlingI am considering this matter in the light of a recent accident of which the hon. and gallant Member is aware and will communicate with him.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonWill the Parliamentary Secretary bear in mind that it is most deplorable and repugnant that in civil gliding clubs schoolboys of 14 years of age or less should be encouraged to take up gliding whereas the Air Ministry, for very good reasons, do not allow members of the A.T.C. to undertake it under the age of 16?
§ Mr. MaudlingThat is a point of view which will certainly be taken into account, although I could not accept it without also taking into account points of view which other people put forward.