Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Military Service. – in the House of Commons on 12th March 1942.
asked the Minister of Labour the physical or medical causes of the discharge of Eddie Phillips from the Royal Air Force; whether he is aware that this unfit ex-airman is now engaged in strenuous training for a championship fight on 16th March; and, so as to remove any misgiving in the public mind, will he ensure that this man's services are better utilised in some other form of military service?