HC Deb 07 August 1918 vol 109 c1385W
Colonel YATE

asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether a lieutenant in the Royal Air Force will have to pay at least £16, at ready-money rates, for one cap and one suit of clothing in the proposed new pale-blue uniform; and whether the introduction of this pale-blue uniform is strongly opposed by all Royal Air Force officers in France and elsewhere on the grounds that it is impossible to wear it at work in the aerodromes or on the machines owing to its getting so easily stained with oil?

Major BAIRD

Controlled prices will, it is anticipated, be fixed almost immediately under which the new uniform will be purchaseable at a price which will be less by 25 per cent. than the figure quoted by the hon. and gallant Member. No foundation is known for the statement in the second part of the question.