HC Deb 10 November 1954 vol 532 cc1196-7
36. Mr. Beswick

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what is now the policy of his Department regarding the installation of F.I.D.O. at London Airport.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

I have nothing to add to my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary's reply of 30th July, 1954, to my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough (Mr. Baldock).

Mr. Beswick

Is the Minister aware that as far back as 1950 his hon. Friend was saying that this system of lighting should be installed at London Airport by the winter of that year? Has he anything to add to the statements then made? Why is there this continued delay?

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

The answer given by my hon. Friend on 30th July pointed out that experiments would be carried out at a Service aerodrome to be selected by the Royal Air Force.

Mr. Beswick

Can the Minister say if the aerodrome has been selected, and whether experiments have started, and what is this new system regarding which experiments are being made?

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

In the circumstances, I think that the question is one for my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Air.