30. Mr. Gandar Dowerasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he will now permit internal air lines to operate radio telephony for wireless guidance under the same conditions as existed prior to the war.
Mr. I. ThomasA reorganisation of Radio services in the United Kingdom is now taking place whereby certain frequency channels used by the Royal Air Force during the war will be released for civil aviation purposes. Some of these channels will be made available to internal air lines for radio telephony on the pre-war basis.
Mr. Gandar DowerIs my hon. Friend aware that, with the small aircraft which it is necessary to employ on internal air lines to-day, the use of radio telephony will 211 save the carriage of a wireless operator and offer to the general public, already crowded out, a 10 per cent. increase of passenger seats?
Mr. ThomasYes, Sir, I am aware of that consideration, and we hope to be able to provide facilities for that purpose.