HC Deb 07 December 1959 vol 615 c6
7. Lord Balniel

asked the Minister of Aviation when he will be in a position to make a statement on the Government's policy in regard to the organisation of the aircraft industry.

Mr. Sandys

I hope to be able to do so quite soon.

Lord Balniel

Is my right hon. Friend continuing talks with the aircraft manufacturers, or is the report in the Daily Mail—that these talks have been broken off—correct?

Mr. Sandys

I think that the best evidence that the Government's policy is going forward in regard to the concentration of the industry can be found, not in any denial of mine of something which appeared in one or other newspaper, but in the public announcement last week that two important firms agreed upon a merger.