Captain BALFOURasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the reason for the daily routine order 1372 of 12th August, 1936, which stipulates that airmen of the rank of corporal and below must not take suit cases on transport or freight ships, but must confine their luggage to two regulation kit-bags; and whether he is aware of the hardship caused by this order to airmen who have been stationed abroad for long periods of time and have collected personal belongings and souvenirs such as books, athletic cups, and presents for friends and relatives, which it is impossible to pack in kit-bags?
§ Sir P. SASSOONCertain instructions have been issued with a view to avoiding difficultites that arise on disembarkation when the regulation baggage is considerably exceeded and the recognised procedure for shipping it is not observed. It was not intended, however, to make it impossible for airmen to ship a reasonable amount of private baggage and I regret that the instructions that were issued did not make this sufficiently clear. Steps have now been taken to clarify the position,