§ 25. Mr. SIMMONDSasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the recent death of Flight-lieutenant J. B. Allen, he will make representations to the Central Electricity Board with the object of securing that pylons of the electric grid which are situated near aerodromes or landing grounds are illuminated?
§ Sir P. SASSOONMy department has for long been in close collaboration with the Electricity Commissioners with a view to minimising any danger from electrical pylons and cables in the neighbourhood of aerodromes, and the technical questions involved in the lighting of pylons have been and are being carefully investigated. At the same time, the most effective course, and the course which has been generally followed, has been to divert the routes of the cables at the planning stage and so to prevent serious danger from arising. It is not suggested, I think, that the case quoted by my hon. Friend is one in which the accident took place near an aerodrome.