Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been drawn to the case of two boys from Singapore who volunteered for the Royal Air Force, and though possessing fine sporting and scholastic records, were rejected because they were not of pure British descent on both sides; whether 487W there is a colour bar for recruitment of commissioned and non-commissioned officers in the Royal Air Force; and, if so, whether he is prepared to remove such a barrier in the case of English children of mixed marriage?
§ Sir K. WoodIt has not been possible to identify the two cases mentioned from the particulars given, but the regulation is that applicants for enlistment in the Royal Air Force must be of pure European descent and must also be British subjects and the sons of parents who are both British subjects. I do not think it would be desirable to modify the regulation.