§ Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether in the case of the Aerial Navigation Bill he is prepared to consider the possibility of inserting Clauses bringing abetment within the scope of the Bill, so that the organisers of an aviation meeting may be held responsible in case of accident due to the absence of reasonable precautions for safeguarding the public, increasing the penalty in the case of any person who navigates an aircraft recklesly or negligently, in a manner which is dangerous to the public, when such person is not a holder of a certificate of efficiency delivered by execution of the Royal Aero Club, or such competent authority as may from time to time be determined, and allowing no navigator of an aircraft to hold a certificate of efficiency unless he is previously guaranteed in a sum to be determined, say £1,000, such guarantee being available for compensation in the case of an accident due to neglect or want of skill on the part of the navigator?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLAs I explained in answer to the questions put to me by hon. Members on 24th May, and in moving the Second Reading of the Bill, the Bill now before the House is of an interim character pending general legislation on the subject of aerial navigation. The points raised in the hon. Member's question will be carefully considered before general legislation is proposed.