§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that airmen reporting sick at the R.A.F. Station, Compton Bassett, are usually kept wait- 134W ing an hour before the medical officer arrives; and whether he will see that steps are taken to prevent this unnecessary inconvenience and waste of time.
§ Mr. P. Noel-BakerThe medical inspection room at the R.A.F. Station, Compton Bassett, is opened at eight o'clock each morning for airmen who report sick. The medical officer begins examinations half an hour later; the interval is used to take temperatures, enter up records and generally to prepare the patients for the medical officer. Airmen are, of course, attended to in their turn, and I am informed that there is no avoidable delay.