§ Mr. G. Hutchinsonasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will now arrange for education officers in the R.A.F. who are not mobilised to be placed upon the same footing as regards entitlement to gratuity and conditions of demobilisation as those education officers who have been mobilised and as other commissioned officers of the R.A.F.
§ Captain BalfourNo, Sir. Unmobilised members of the Royal Air Force Educational Service are employed and paid as civilians and cannot be treated in regard to release and gratuity as if they were mobilised.