HC Deb 31 January 1951 vol 483 c887
37. Air Commodore Harvey

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what was the loss sustained by British Overseas Airways Corporation as a result of the strike of electrical workers.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (Mr. Beswick)

British Overseas Airways Corporation estimate that their net loss was of the order of £360,000.

Sir Ralph Glyn

Can the Parliamentary Secretary say whether an inquiry has been made into this unofficial strike, and, if so, can the report on it be placed in the Library of the House?

Mr. Beswick

Inquiries were going on all along with a view to ending the strike, but there has been no official report upon them.