§ 79. Major Bruceasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether it is proposed to maintain the Voluntary Aid Detachment Reserve for the Royal Navy.
Mr. DugdaleYes; I am glad to inform the House that arrangements have been made with the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the British Red Cross Society to re-start recruiting V.A.D.s to 37W form a standing Reserve for the Naval Nursing Service. I should like to take this opportunity of expressing the Admiralty's appreciation of the services which members of the V.A.D. have rendered to the Royal Navy during and since the last war.