§ 51. Mr. HORRABINasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, with regard to next year's Schneider trophy race, he will remove the conditions attaching to the loan of the Super-marine S 6 and the Gloster-Napier sea- 1308 planes and will allow officers of the Royal Air Force to participate in the contest; and whether he has had any conferences with the Royal Aero Club on the matter?
§ Mr. MONTAGUEThe International Aeronautical Federation is, I understand, holding a meeting early next month to discuss certain outstanding questions with regard to next year's Schneider trophy race. Arrangements have provisionally been made for a meeting after this date between the Air Ministry and the Royal Aero Club. In the meantime, I cannot usefully make any announcement on the questions raised by my hon. Friend.