§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that wireless schools have been charging a fee of £25 per student for six months' training, with the definite promise, when qualified, that posts would be secured as officers on merchant ships, but that that promise has now been cancelled; that, if those students had entered the Royal Air Force, they would have received wireless training free of charge, but without officer rank; and can he take steps to remove these anomalies?
§ Captain WaterhouseThe control exercised by the Post Office over wireless telegraphy schools which make a business of training students wishing to qualify for the Postmaster General's certificate of proficiency in wireless telegraphy, is confined to technical matters relating to the wireless installations and to ensuring that only persons with satisfactory credentials are admitted to the schools. My right hon. Friend has no jurisdiction over the fees which the proprietors charge or the general conditions on which they offer training. It is however clearly stated in the form, which must be completed by every intending416W student, that the grant of the Postmaster General's certificate of proficiency in wireless telegraphy carries no guarantee of employment.