Referring to the new Secretary for Air, the Prime Minister declared that he thought the reputation which Sir Kingsley Wood had gained in the various offices he had already held would be some guarantee to the House that his methods would be thorough, and that he would spare no pains to carry out the duties expected of him.
Mr. Chamberlain stoutly defended Lord Swinton, in appreciation of whose he spoke at length.
He thought that the' charges against the former Secretary for Air were brought with insufficient appreciation of the magnitude of his task in making an enormous expansion of the Air Force at short notice, when applied science was taking a forward leap and the design of planes was changing like a kaleidoscope.
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