asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been called to the proposal to promote all members, of Canadian aircrews to commissioned rank; and whether he has any similar proposals to make for the Royal Air Force?

I would refer my hon. Friend to the statement given yesterday in reply to the Question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Stockport (Wing Commander Hulbert), to which I have nothing to add.

Had any consultations been entered into between the right hon. and gallant Gentleman's Department and the Canadian Air Ministry before they reached their decision?

Yes; there is no real dispute between Canada and ourselves. The commissioning of the Royal Canadian Air Force aircrews is covered in the Ottawa Agreement which I was negotiating in June, 1942, and to which both Governments fully adhere.