§ 40. Mr. Lyonsasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will give the dates upon which the gas-holder at Heston airport has been illuminated during this year?
§ Sir P. SassoonThe gas-holder has not yet been illuminated except for test purposes, but it is expected that the negotiations with the owners regarding the arrangements for regular lighting will shortly be concluded.
§ Mr. LyonsWill the right hon. Gentleman say why it is that this important apparatus has never been put into activity?
§ Sir P. SassoonWe have had long negotiations with the owners, but I am glad to say that they are now satisfactorily concluded, and I hope it will be possible to light it in a very short time.
§ Mr. LyonsWhen the expenditure was made to establish this gas-holder, was not consideration also given to the necessity of its illumination; and why has no step at all been taken to secure its illumination in the important circumstances which now exist at Heston?
§ Sir P. SassoonEvery step has been taken, and I hope it will be illuminated very soon.