§ Sir Ernest Graham-Littleasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air, having regard to the fact that medical officers in the R.A.F. will, by July, still be about 10 groups behind the R.N. as regards their release and that the matter has now been under consideration for six months, when he expects the release groups to become approximately equal in the three Services.
§ Mr. de FreitasThe release of medical officers in the Royal Air Force is slower than in the other two Services because the wartime proportion of medical officers in the Royal Air Force has been much lower than in the Army or the Navy. We are, however, doing all we can to increase the intake in order to reduce the differences, but I am afraid that I cannot forecast at this stage when approximate equality between the three Services will be reached.