§ Flight-Lieutenant Beswickasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he is convinced that the 150 R.A.F. officers now attached to airfield construction units in Germany are engaged in essential work; and whether any of these men could be better employed on civil engineering work in this country.
§ Mr. StracheyWe intend to give Royan Air Force units of the British occupation forces in Germany efficient bases and adequate accommodation for their work. German labour is to do the work of reconstruction and repair, but members of the Royal Air Force are required for a mini mum number of supervisory posts, including, at present, these 150 officers. We shall make reductions as soon as the programme allows.