§ 1. Mr. Geoffrey Cooperasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation on what grounds a Norwegian air charter company was refused permission to carry return cargo loads on aircraft bringing goods to this country.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (Mr. Lindgren)I am not aware of any such refusal, but if my hon. Friend will furnish details of the application for this flight, I will look into it.
§ Mr. CooperMay I ask my hon. Friend whether, as a matter of principle, he would agree that it is inadvisable unnecessarily to impose restrictions on foreign charter companies operating to this country, because thereby we shall forfeit the possibility of receiving reciprocal facilities from them?
§ Mr. LindgrenYes, Sir, so long as they do not contravene Section 23 of the Civil Aviation Act.