§ 7. Mr. Mikardoasked the Secretary of State for Air how many airmen at White Waltham, Berkshire, are employed as batmen; and their duties.
§ The Secretary of State for Air (Mr. Nigel Birch)Fourteen. They are employed on various duties in the mess, and in carrying out prescribed duties in officers' single and married quarters.
§ Mr. MikardoIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that these duties include babysitting? Does he not think that it is a bit silly to call up able-bodied young men, some of them from very important civilian occupations, to carry out baby-sitting operations?