The revelations of the Select Committee have incidentally compelled the
Government at last to institute an official inquiry into part of the case of Miss Douglas-Pennant. Her main contention was that she had been summarily dismissed from her position as head of the Women's Air Force because she protested against irregularities committed by officers in high positions. The Committee found that the treatment of Miss O'Sullivan, Miss Douglas-Pennant's subordinate, aroused grave suspicions. This matter, therefore, will be investigated. Meanwhile the House of Lords has set up a Committee to inquire into the whole of the charges made by Miss Douglas-Pennant. The Government would do well to facilitate that inquiry. The refusal to give Miss Douglas-Pennant a chance of sub- tantiating her case has merely prejudiced the Air Ministry.
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