§ 15. Lieut.-Colonel Price-Whiteasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he is aware of the hardship caused to a number of civilian batmen and mess servants employed at the R.A.F. station, Pewnes, Pmllheli, by reason of the termination of their employment as from 9th April; and, in view of the fact that the majority of these men are ex-Servicemen, if he will arrange for their re-employment in place of German prisoners of war announced as shortly to be employed as mess servants at R.A.F. stations.
§ Mr. StracheyWe do not intend to employ German prisoners of war as batmen or mess servants at Royal Air Force messes in this country. The civilian batmen and mess servants at Penrhos were discharged because we have closed the Royal Air Force mess there.