HC Deb 07 August 1947 vol 441 cc200-1W
Mr. H. D. Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Air what progress is being made in setting up an education advisory committee for the R.A.F.

Mr. P. Noel-Baker

The Air Council have decided to set up an Education Advisory Committee for the Royal Air Force, with the following terms of referenceTo keep under review the educational policy for the Royal Air Force and to advise the Secretary of State for Air on such matters connected with education in the Royal Air Force as they think fit and upon any educational questions referred to them by him.

The following have accepted invitations to serve on the committee:

  • Keith A. H. Murray, Esq. (Chairman): Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.
  • Harold E. Clay, Esq.: President, Workers' Educational Association.
  • Miss M. C. Glasgow, M.B.E.: Secretary-General, Arts Council of Great Britain.
  • Ronald Gould, Esq.: General Secretary, National Union of Teachers.
  • Miss Verena Holmes: Member of the Council of the Women's Employment Federation.
  • J. C. Jones, Esq.: Director of Education, The Polytechnic, Regent Street, London.
  • Air Chief Marshall Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt, G.C.B., G.B.E., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C., R.A.F. (Retired).
  • H. Morris, Esq., C.B.E.: Chief Education Officer, Cambridgeshire.
  • J. H. Nicholson, Esq.: Principal, University College, Hull.
  • Dr. D. R. Pye, C.B.: Provost, University College, London.
  • W. E. Williams, Esq., C.B.E.: Director, Bureau of Current Affairs.
  • J. F. Wolfenden, Esq., C.B.E.: Headmaster, Shrewsbury School.

Representatives of the Ministry of Education, the Scottish Education Department and the Ministry of Labour and National Service will also serve on the Committee. The Air Council consider that education, both technical and general, should play a very large part in the R.A.F., and I am sure that the advice and assistance of the committee will be of the greatest value to the Service. In particular, the council hope that plans may be developed for education in citizenship and current affairs.