§ 25. Mr. Fortescueasked the President of the Board of Trade why the new Civil Aviation Series of the Board of Trade Business Monitor does not give the financial information about British airlines required by Article 67 of the Chicago Convention to which the United Kingdom is a signatory.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuArticle 67 of the Chicago Convention relates solely to the filing of information with the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, and not to the release of information in Government publications, which is determined primarily by domestic requirements.
§ Mr. FortescueI know, but will not the hon. Gentleman instruct B.O.A.C. and B.E.A. to give a lead in this matter by supplying the information we have pledged ourselves to give to the International Civil Aviation Organisation? If the two Corporations start to supply this information, the independent airlines will be willing to follow their example.
§ Mr. MallalieuB.O.A.C. and B.E.A. do supply this information and it is the independents which do not. We are in 1830 consultation with the independents now to secure the information.
§ Mr. OnslowWhy has the hon. Gentleman in any case allowed the Business Monitor to revise its statistics so that what is published now is less valuable than what was published before?
§ Mr. MallalieuI do not accept that the statistics are less valuable, but we do not want to duplicate publication.