HC Deb 12 February 1930 vol 235 cc413-4
69. Captain HAROLD BALFOUR

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if his attention has been drawn to complaints, by pilots of British civil aircraft crossing the Channel, of lack of compliance, by the French aerodrome authorities at St. Inglebert aerodrome, with safety regulations for the immediate notification to Lympne aerodrome of the arrival and departure of such cross-Channel aircraft; and if he proposes to take any action to ensure that these regulations are complied with?

Mr. MONTAGUE

Yes, Sir. Isolated complaints have occasionally been received from British pilots that on the French side the regulations with regard to the reporting of aircraft not equipped with wireless have not been fully carried out. The attention of the French air authorities is always called to complaints of this nature when they are brought to the notice of the Air Ministry.

Captain BALFOUR

Has the hon. Gentleman had any satisfactory replies from the French authorities on this question?

Mr. MONTAGUE

I must have notice of that question.