– in the House of Commons at on 8 March 1939.
Mr Hugh Seely
, Berwick-upon-Tweed
asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of airmen killed and the number injured through accidents to military aircraft during the years 1936, 1937, and 1938?
Sir Kingsley Wood
, Woolwich West
As the information required by the hon. Member is best presented in a tabular statement, I will, with his permission, circulate the statement in the Official Report.
Mr Harold Balfour
, Isle of Thanet
No, Sir. At the time of the inception of the Civil Air Guard scheme the question of compensation in respect of death or injury for light aeroplane club members undergoing Civil Air Guard training was considered, and it was made clear to light aeroplane clubs operating the scheme that Government assistance and liability was limited to the agreed subsidy payments. Members of the Civil Air Guard give an undertaking to serve in connection with aviation in the event of emergency. Should such undertakings have to be implemented, then members would come under any schemes of compensation for death or injury applicable to the particular work to which they were allocated.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
