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Colonel Erroll
asked the Minister of Health when civilian identity cards will be dispensed with.
| Release of R.A.F. Personnel:—Officer Branches and Airman trades in which the rate of release is retarded. | |||||
| In general releases in November and December for the R.A.F. will reach group 23 but there are some officer branches and airman trades in which releases will be made up to Groups 24 and 25 respectively. The following tables how the branches and trades in which group 23 is not reached. | |||||
| Branch. | OFFICERS. | AIRMEN. | |||
| Sub. branch. | Age and Service Group reached. | Trade. | Age and Service Group reached. | ||
| General Duties | … | Meteorological Air Observer. | 22 | Aircrew Met. Air Observer. | 22 |
| Medical | … | 20 | Medical and Dental trades. | 22 | |
| Dental | … | 21 | Clerk Accounting | 16 | |
| Accountant | … | 16 | Clerk Equip. Accts. | 16 | |
| Equipment | … | 18 | Clerk Pay Accts. | 16 | |
| Meteorological | … | 20 | Clerk G.D. | 22 | |
| Technical | … | Signals | 13 | Clerk Maps | 22 |
| Technical | … | Engineer | 18 | Clerk Postal | 22 |
| Technical | … | Signals Radar | 19 | Clerk Provisioning | 22 |
| R.A.F. Regiment | … | 21 | Clerk Special duties | 22 | |
| A. & S.D. | … | Special duties Signals | 13 | Cooks | 19 |
| M.T. | 17 | Equipment Assistants | 21 | ||
| Engineer | 18 | ||||
| Photography | 19 | ||||
| Signals Radar | 19 | ||||
| Catering | 19 | ||||
| Provost and Security | 20 | ||||
| Intelligence | 21 | ||||
| Physical Fitness | 22 | ||||
| Ops Room duties | 22 | ||||
Mr. Bevan
The National Register renders important services to the country, e.g., in the field of rationing and the wartime system of electoral registration. I am not yet in a position to say when the National Register can be dispensed with.