§ 111. Lieut.-Colonel Hydeasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he has considered petitions forwarded to him by civilian employees of several Royal Air Force maintenance units concerning the dilutee problem; how many such petitions he has received; what proportion of the total number of aircraft engineering workers employed by his Department signed them; and what action he proposes to take.
Mr. WardI have received seven such petitions. The signatures to these petitions represent approximately one-quarter of the engineering craftsmen employed by the Air Ministry in this country.