§ 42. and 43. Commander OLIVER LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Under- Secretary of State for Air (1) whether he will make arrangements to subsidise a national gliding week in this country this summer under the proper authorities;
(2) whether His Majesty's Government will assist the gliding authorities to open camps this summer on the Brighton Downs, where instruction can be given in gliding for several weeks on end, not at week-ends only as hitherto?
§ Sir VICTOR WARRENDER (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household)I have been asked to reply. The inauguration of a national gliding week and of gliding camps are matters for the Royal Aero Club and the National Gliding Association in the first instance. While my Noble Friend would welcome any measures which these authorities may be able to take for the furtherance of the gliding movement, he regrets that he is not in a position to give any undertaking to afford financial assistance.
§ Commander LOCKER-LAMPSONI beg to give notice that, owing to the inadequacy of the answer, I shall raise this matter on the Motion for the Adjournment.
§ Captain HAROLD BALFOURAre there not more satisfactory ways of doing this?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe matter is to be raised on the Adjournment of the House.