HC Deb 25 July 1910 vol 19 cc1762-3
Mr. FELL

asked if the Advisory Committee under Lord Rayleigh on aerial navigation is still sitting; if it has made any Report which can be laid before the House; if any additional members have been added to the Committee, and if it will continue to sit during next year; and what is the cost of the Committee to date?

The PRIME MINISTER

This Committee is still sitting, and will continue to sit next year. An interim Report was issued by them in July, 1909, and a further Report will be laid before Parliament within a few days. Captain Murray Sueter, R.N., representing the Admiralty, and Mr. Mervyn O'Gorman, superintendent of the balloon factory, have been appointed additional members of the Committee. The total approximate cost to the present date is £10,000.

Mr. FELL

Shall we receive the Report before the House adjourns?

The PRIME MINISTER

My information is that it will be ready in a few days. I can say no more.

Mr. FELL

further asked if experiments in aerial navigation are still being conducted at the National Physical Laboratory at Kew; and if these experiments or any of them are of a practical nature?

The PRIME MINISTER

The answer to both parts of the hon. Member's question is in the affirmative.