§ Sir R. Youngasked the Minister of Information whether he is aware that airmen serving in Great Britain but whose home, wife and children are in Northern Ireland, cannot send a present for birthdays and other anniversaries made up as a parcel without a permit from the censor of parcels; and will he consider obviating 1048W this difficulty for those in the Service by some form of permission, or even censorship, from an officer deputed by the commanding officer for this purpose and thus prevent domestic misunderstandings on the one hand and disappointment to Service men's children on the other hand?
Mr. CooperI am aware of the difficulty to which the hon. Member refers in the first part of the Question; the Censorship Department is in consultation with the Air Ministry in connection with the suggestion about censorship being carried out by or on behalf of the commanding officer, and I am hopeful that a satisfactory solution may shortly be found.