§ 20. Captain PETER MACDONALDasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether any further progress has been made in negotiations with the various European Powers concerned with a view to enabling British commercial air routes to operate by air over Europe; and, if so, by what date arrangements will be made for British commercial machines on the South African and Far Eastern routes to fly over a greater part or the whole of the European section of these routes?
§ 23. Mr. WHITESIDEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he has any statement to make in connection with the new convention between Great Britain and Italy for the institution of air transport lines?
§ Sir P. SASSOONI am glad to say that an Air Transport Services Convention between Italy and this country was signed at Rome on Monday last. Negotiations regarding the operation of 369 regular air services over France are still in progress, and I am not as yet in a position to give a date by which the whole of the European section of Empire air routes will be operated by air.