HC Deb 10 December 1952 vol 509 cc432-3
22. Mr. de Freitas

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to make a statement on the Colonial Civil Aviation Conference held in September.

Mr. Lyttelton

I have nothing to add to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport and of Civil Aviation on 29th October last, and the statement issued to the Press on 13th September at the conclusion of the Conference. I am sending a copy of the latter statement to the hon. Member.

Mr. de Freitas

Are not such statements most unimaginative? Surely the Colonial Office has not grasped the really enormous and important part that aviation can play in the development of under-developed areas. Will the Secretary of State study the Air League's Memorandum on the subject?

Mr. Lyttelton

I will certainly study any document. I have already studied most of the documents.

Mr. de Freitas

What about the first part of my supplementary question, on the unimaginative statements which have been issued?