§ Mr. Harrisonasked the Secretary of State for Air if he will make a statement on the results of the recent recruiting week for the R.A.F. conducted in the City of Nottingham.
§ Mr. de FreitasThe most important achievement of the Nottingham Recruiting Week was to bring to the attention of the people of the city the opportunities in the Royal Air Force today. The outcome is not only to be measured in the 300 inquiries received by recruiting officers in Nottingham since the week opened, but also in the long-term effect which we cannot gauge at present, when the young people of Nottingham consider their future. My hon. Friend will recall that in opening the campaign I emphasised the opportunities for schoolboys to 193W become cadets and apprentices at Cranwell and Halton. I am sure that the information we gave them on the cadet, apprentice, aircrew and ground trade careers and openings for men and women and on life in the Royal Air Force will be well in their minds. The Nottingham week was well worth while and we are most grateful to the civic authorities and the newspapers for the great assistance and encouragement we received.