Mr. Chamberlain Refuses to Make Further Statement He did not admit, the Prime Minister continued, that there was any parallel between the functions of the. Air Ministry in relation to civil &viation and in relation to the Royal A Force. The latter touched on vital interests and the security of the country, for which the responsibility of the Government was single and absolute.
That responsibility, Mr. Chamber-lum declared, could not be shared with any committee of enquiry. If the development of civil aviation had lent itself to criticism, it was due to
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