HC Deb 09 November 1949 vol 469 cc1200-1
14. Mr. Roland Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements he has made for an aerial survey of British Guiana.

Mr. Creech Jones

I hope that photography in British Guiana and the Caribbean area generally can be undertaken next year by the Royal Air Force in co-operation with my Directorate of Colonial Geodetic and Topographical Surveys. In the meantime a contract has been placed with a private firm on behalf of the Government of British Guiana for the air photography of 4,000 square miles covering the areas of the Colony which the British Guiana Government most urgently desire photographed.

Mr. Robinson

Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether the private firm are a British company and whether they are using British aircraft?

Mr. Creech Jones

I gather that it is a British company. It is called "The Air Survey Co. Ltd."

Mr. Robinson

Are they using British aircraft?

Mr. Creech Jones

I believe they are.