Coastal Command

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 March 1952.

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Photo of Group Captain Clifford Wilcock Group Captain Clifford Wilcock , Derby North 12:00, 18 March 1952

Would the hon. Member be perfectly fair and agree that one would expect to see a cut in the Fighting Services when a successful war had just been terminated and that that was the time to make retrenchment in the Services? Would not he further agree that under the former Labour Government the Royal Air Force enjoyed a much greater expansion than at any other time before the war under a Conservative Government?