§ 9. Mr. de Freitasasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will discuss with the nationalised air corporations a plan by which passenger aircraft could be jointly owned by the Royal Air Force and the corporations and used for commercial carriage of passengers on schedule services during the months when passenger space is highly sought after and for air trooping of Service men and their families in the other months.
§ Mr. BirchNo, Sir. Trooping continues throughout the year and our programme could not be related to the seasonal demands of holiday traffic.
§ Mr. de FreitasHow does the right hon. Gentleman propose that air trooping should be arranged so that Service families are carried in modern aircraft? Unless there is some special scheme, how is that to be done and how are the operators to get the aircraft?
§ Mr. BirchThat is a different Question and one which was answered by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Air on the Whitsun Adjournment.