§ Major Wilkesasked the Under-Secretary for Air whether he is aware that W.A.A.F. personnel lent by his Department to Cable and Wireless are being kept there until they are due for demobilisation; that they are being sent back to their parent unit about a fortnight before release and that these W.A.A.F. personnel are granted only five day's leave despite the fact that owing to their special duties many have had no leave since August, 1945; and whether he will take steps so that these airwomen will be allowed to accumulate and take their privilege leave on returning to their parent unit after completion of their special duties.
§ Mr. StracheyAs I said in my reply to my hon. and gallant Friend's question on 6th February, we are allowing air women who are on loan to Cable and Wireless Limited to accumulate the privilege leave to which they become entitled during the period of the loan. I realise that there may previously have been a few airwomen who did not get all this leave before their release, but special instructions were issued at the beginning of this month for airwomen to be withdrawn from Cable and Wireless Limited in time for them to take their accumulated leave before their release.