§ Commander Courtneyasked the Minister of Defence whether, in view of the loss of the language training facilities associated with National Service, he is satisfied with present arrangements for providing an adequate number of qualified Russian speakers for service in the Armed Forces: and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ThorneycroftThe Russian language is taught at the Army School of Education and at the R.A.F. Joint Applied Language School. I am satisfied that these facilities are adequate for the needs of the armed forces for qualified Russian speakers.