§ 36. Mr. LEWISasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air why it has not been possible to obtain the co-operation of Lloyd's Register in the formation of the board to which it is proposed to delegate certain functions in regard to the design, construction and maintenance of civil aircraft?
Major DAVIESI have been asked to reply. The Committee of Lloyd's Register were invited, through their Joint Aviation Advisory Committee, to take part in framing the scheme under which the proposed board would be constituted. They preferred, however, to stand aside and to leave the new body to be directed by purely aviation and allied interests. At the same time Lloyd's Register and the British Corporation were good enough to lend the services of their secretaries to assist in the drafting of the scheme, and I should like to take this opportunity of expressing my Noble Friend's appreciation of their action.