London, June 27 'The recent assurance made by Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Lord President of the Council, of' the government' determination to secure parity in its alr force with any country within striking distance of Great Britain, was repeated to-day by Lord Londonderry, Secretary of State for Air, Inthe House of Lords.
Lord Londonderry's speech was a reply to Lord Mottistone, who urged that the inadequacy of air defences jin the United Kingdom should be remedied.
Lord Londonderry added that, as it could no longer be hoped that an International convention would solve the problems of Europe, the British Government had decided that they could no longer delay taking the necessary steps to provide adequately for air defences in the United King-Jdom. It was impossible at present give the definite nature of the contemplated expansion of air forces Jor the lines on which it would pro-feeed, but there need be no appro fhensions that plans and arrangements were not fully under way, he de-
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