§ 54. Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what steps have been taken, in view of the rapid development of the helicopter, to encourage local authorities to plan for the construction in their areas of suitable stations for their use as inter-town passenger carrying services.
§ Mr. WatkinsonI am continuing to give general guidance to the local authorities as experience of the helicopter and knowledge of its future characteristics develops.
§ Mr. AwberyIn view of the delay there was between the establishment of our buses and the establishment of bus services in our cities, will the right hon. Gentleman see that the same delay does not take place now in the establishment of helicopter services in the cities?
§ Mr. WatkinsonI think the hon. Gentleman knows that we have had some valuable experience of running them in London and we are now going to run them into other large cities. I am satisfied that we are getting on as fast as we can.