§ Lieut.-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZONasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry what is the policy to be adopted as to the continuation or otherwise of the Women's Royal Air Force; whether he is aware that many drivers, after two years of successful driving, are being dismissed as incompetent and men with no experience at all taken in lieu, and will he take steps to put a stop to this practice?
§ Major-General SEELYThe question of the continuance or otherwise of the Women's Royal Air Force as a part of the permanent Royal Air Force has not942W been decided. No women drivers have recently been dismissed for incompetence, but a certain number have been replaced by men as men have become available for work for which they are thought to be more suitable than women.