§ 36. Mr. George Craddockasked the Minister of Defence if he will arrange for the setting up of camp councils in the Services, on the basis of the Whitley Councils, composed of officers, non-commissioned officers and men to enable complaints and matters affecting general welfare to receive adequate treatment.
§ Sir W. MoncktonI have no reason to think that the existing methods for the consideration of complaints in the Services are unsatisfactory.
§ Mr. CraddockIs the Minister aware that the long pipeline, through N.C.O.s and junior officers, through which complaints have to go really means that they never get to the right quarter? Is he further aware that where camp councils were set up during the war, and in different parts of the country since the war, they were very successful, and were more efficient from the point of view of the units as well as of the men?
§ Sir W. MoncktonI still think that the method for making complaints, which has stood the test of time, is a good method. I am well aware that the Royal Navy has its welfare committees, the Royal Air Force its station committees and the other Service welfare, N.A.A.F.I. and other committees. If there is some detailed difficulty' about them, I am sure that Questions will be put down to my right hon. Friends who are responsible for these Departments.