§ Mr. Emrys Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the reduction in the size of the R.A.F. and the fact that officers of all branches on reaching the rank of flight lieutenant are now on a rate of pay not less than that of the general duties branch, the ranks of officer posts are being reviewed with the object of reducing Service ranks from their wartime scale to their pre-war values; and whether all officers are made to carry the full responsibility of their ranks without undue reference to higher authority.
§ Mr. P. Noel-BakerThe ranks of all officer posts in the Royal Air Force are frequently reviewed to ensure that they 117W correspond with the responsibilities of the appointment, and a large number of posts have been reduced in rank since the end of the war. It is the aim of the Air Council that all officers should carry the full responsibility of their ranks without undue reference to higher authority.