§ 50. Mr. Manderasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air when the new Birmingham municipal port will be available for the purposes of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve training; and what steps are being taken in the meantime to provide more facilities in the West Midlands?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadIt is hoped that the airport in question will be ready for Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve training in the late summer of next year. In the meantime, every effort will be made both to increase the facilities already available and to provide further facilities for training at other centres in the West Midlands.
§ Mr. ManderIn view of the fact that the Birmingham airport will not be ready for another eight months, what steps in regard to aerodromes are being taken in the meantime; and will service machines be available instead of merely training machines?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadNegotiations for a new centre have been opened at Stoke-on-Trent and, if necessary, another centre will be opened near Coventry. With regard to machines, perhaps the hon. Member will put that question down.