§ Question again proposed.
§ Mr. MasonOn a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Although the suspension Division may have interfered with business, am I not right in assuming that the Minister should now wind up the debate and that the debate should be concluded by a Division, if we wish it?
Mr. Deputy SpeakerI hope hon. Members will allow the Minister to make his speech by leaving the House as quietly as possible.
§ Mr. NobleWe had, in a rather less crowded House, an exceedingly useful debate which was perhaps interesting and unusual in one particular regard, namely, that while a good deal of the discussion was apparently directed at the Minister it was quite clear that many speakers intended to get a point across to my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. Boyd-Carpenter) who will take over the chairmanship of the Civil Aviation Authority in a few weeks' time. I am certain that he profited a good deal from the advice that was offered to him during the course of the debate.
I would like to say a word of thanks to the Air Registration Board and the 178 A.T.L.B., which will cease to exist in their old form at the end of this month, for the considerable work that they have done for the country. The hon. Member for Glasgow, Craigton (Mr. Millan), in his winding-up speech, said very fairly that he realised that it was difficult to produce a document of guidance because a balance had to be attained between saying too much, which would unnecessarily tie the C.A.A.'s hands, and saying too little, in which case the comments might appear to be rather platitudinous. He and I agree that we are aiming to give the Authority the maximum flexibility, and on behalf of the Government I have said that we will support it where we can.
The hon. Member for Glasgow, Craigton asked me to bear in mind the point about the Highlands and Islands. I have discussed this with the Chairman-designate, and I can assure the hon. Member that my right hon. Friend thinks that within the period we have given him he will be able to produce a useful report on which we can take advice.
The hon. Gentleman also raised the question of the finances, a point raised by several other hon. Members, particularly my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings (Mr. Warren), who spoke about the importance, when we are imposing air navigation charges on the airlines, of trying to obtain agreement in I.A.T.A. so that we obtain our share of the charges from the foreign airlines as well.
My hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, North-East (Mr. Adley) rightly referred to the number of people who are now working for British Caledonian and are very happy to be doing that. We should bear that in mind as well as the criticisms which were only too freely hurled around in the debate. My hon. Friend also pointed out that the electrification of the Manchester-London railway line had cost B.E.A. £10½ million. As the right hon. Member for Barnsley (Mr. Mason) kept talking about what British Caledonian had "cost" B.E.A. and B.O.A.C, it is interesting that that action by British Rail cost considerably more than any of the figures he gave.
I am sorry I missed the beginning of the speech of the hon. Member for Eccles 179 (Mr. Carter-Jones), but I have a note of it. My right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston-upon-Thames will have noted his points about the air travel organisers, on which he knows I agree with him very much.
My hon. Friend the Member for Hastings did not altogether approve of the charter warfare I was carrying on. I am sorry, but a number of companies built up considerable charter businesses, and they have expanded considerably recently by flouting the international laws and our national laws on charter competition. The war was, therefore, in my view right and essential, but I do not intend to damage the chances of British aviation, either independent or in the public sector.
One point I would make to the Opposition, when they are continually telling me how much damage I am causing to B.O.A.C. and B.E.A. by allowing in a second force airline, is that I have at the same time made considerable concessions to both nationalised airlines to carry on charter businesses and take part in other operations which they said they needed, and I agreed, to meet the competition of foreign airlines.
The hon. Member for Pontypridd (Mr. John) spoke about the regional problems. He hoped that the perhaps not too carefully defined part in paragraphs 20 and 21 would give the Civil Aviation Authority a sufficiently free hand, and I think it does.
My hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow, East (Mr. Michael McNair-Wilson) was worried lest we had crossed too many "ts" in the guidance. That is a question of balance, but I believe we have given the Authority enough flexibility. We circulated the appropriate bits of the guidance to all the people immediately affected and they told us any points they felt we could change. On the whole, there was a very wide degree of agreement.
My hon. Friend asked whether we believe in more competition. Yes, we do. But, because this is an international type of co-operation, the competition has to be fair, and one that will bring
| Division No. 83 | AYES | [10.20 p.m. |
| Adley, Robert | Amery, Rt. Hn. Julian | Atkins, Humphrey |
| Alison, Michael (Barkston Ash) | Archer, Jeffrey (Louth) | Awdry, Daniel |
| Allason, James (Hemel Hempstead) | Astor, John | Baker, Kenneth (St. Marylebone) |
§ a larger measure of the travelling public into British airlines and not drive them into using overseas airlines. I disagree with my hon. Friend's analysis of what is likely to happen on the North Atlantic charters. I also agree that we should ask my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston-upon-Thames to look carefully at the noise problem. Paragraph 25 gives him the necessary power to do so and to give advice which I am sure the Government will heed. I confess that I am slightly relieved that at least some of the enormous amount of mail which has come to me weekly about the noise problem may now be diverted to another channel for a while.
§ The main theme of the debate has come back over and over again to the second force, the transferred routes, and the preferences which the guidance offers. I have heard the same speeches from hon. Members opposite time and again and I have put our case time and again. I now simply say, therefore, that we are following the policy recommended by Edwards, which was laid down by the Labour Government and which we have taken up with one important difference, in that the Labour Government would not have given the second force any method by which it could have established itself. We did not believe that one could set up the second force and not give it any of the resources needed to become viable. So we have changed the Labour Government's policy, and we are not ashamed of it.
§ To try to suggest, as the Opposition have done today, that there has been some curious change because we have introduced preferences as a new item in the guidance, is asking me to believe too much, because the preferences were clearly stated in the Civil Aviation Act and during the debates that we had on the Act. For that reason, I feel that I am unlikely to be able to convince hon. Members opposite and I do not believe that they will easily convince me. I feel that the debate has been useful and perhaps it may now reasonably reach a conclusion.
§ Question put:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 305, Noes 268.
| Balniel, Lord | Glyn, Dr. Alan | Mawby, Ray |
| Barber, Rt. Hn. Anthony | Godber, Rt. Hn. J. B | Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. |
| Batsford, Brian | Goodhart, Philip | Meyer, Sir Anthony |
| Beamish, Col. Sir Tufton | Goodhew, Victor | Mills, Peter (Torrington) |
| Bell, Ronald | Gorst, John | Mills, Stratton (Belfast, N.) |
| Bennett, Sir Frederic (Torquay) | Gower, Raymond | Miscampbell, Norman |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gosport) | Grant, Anthony (Harrow, C.) | Mitchell,Lt.-Col.C.(Aberdeenshire,W) |
| Benyon, W. | Green Alan | Mitchell, David (Basingstoke) |
| Berry, Hn. Anthony | Grieve, Percy | Moate, Roger |
| Biffen, John | Griffiths, Eldon (Bury St. Edmunds) | Molyneaux, James |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Grylls, Michael | Money, Ernle |
| Blaker, Peter | Gummer, Selwyn | Monks, Mrs. Connie |
| Boardman, Tom (Leicester, S.W.) | Gurden, Harold | Monro, Hector |
| Body, Richard | Hall, Miss Joan (Keighley) | Montgomery, Fergus |
| Boscawen, Robert | Hall, John (Wycombe) | More, Jasper |
| Bossom, Sir Clive | Hall-Davis, A. G. F. | Morgan, Geraint (Denbigh) |
| Bowden, Andrew | Hamilton, Michael (Salisbury) | Morgan-Giles, Rear-Adm. |
| Braine, Bernard | Hannam, John (Exeter) | Morrison, Charles |
| Bray, Ronald | Harrison, Col. Sir Harwood (Eye) | Mudd, David |
| Brewis, John | Haselhurst, Alan | Murton, Oscar |
| Brinton, Sir Tatton | Havers, Michael | Nabarro, Sir Gerald |
| Brocklebank-Fowler, Christopher | Hawkins, Paul | Neave, Airey |
| Brown, Sir Edward (Bath) | Hay, John | Nicholls, Sir Harmar |
| Bruce-Gardyne, J. | Hayhoe, Barney | Noble, Rt. Hn. Michael |
| Bryan, Paul | Heseltine, Michael | Normanton, Tom |
| Buchanan-Smith, Alick(Angus,N&M) | Hicks, Robert | Onslow, Cranley |
| Buck, Antony | Hiley, Joseph | Oppenheim, Mrs. Sally |
| Bullus, Sir Eric | Hill, John E. B. (Norfolk, S.) | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. |
| Burden, F. A. | Hill, James (Southampton, Test) | Osborn, John |
| Butler, Adam (Bosworth) | Holland, Philip | Owen, Idris (Stockport, N.) |
| Campbell, Rt.Hn.G.(Moray&Nairn) | Holt, Miss Mary | Page, Graham (Crosby) |
| Carlisle, Mark | Hooson, Emlyn | Page, John (Harrow, W.) |
| Carr, Rt. Hn. Robert | Hordern, Peter | Pardoe, John |
| Channon, Paul | Hornby, Richard | Parkinson, Cecil |
| Chapman, Sydney | Hornsby-Smith,Rt.Hn.Dame Patricia | Peel, John |
| Chataway, Rt. Hn. Christopher | Howe, Hn. Sir Geoffrey (Reigate) | Percival, Ian |
| Chichester-Clark, R. | Howell, David (Guildford) | Peyton, Rt. Hn. John |
| Churchill, W. S. | Howell, Ralph (Norfolk, N.) | Pink, R. Bonner |
| Clark, William (Surrey, E.) | Hunt, John | Pounder, Rafton |
| Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe) | Hutchison, Michael Clark | Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch |
| Clegg, Walter | Iremonger, T. L. | Price, David (Eastleigh) |
| Cockeram, Eric | Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Prior, Rt. Hn. J. M. L. |
| Cooke, Robert | James, David | Proudfoot, Wilfred |
| Coombs, Derek | Jenkin, Patrick (Woodford) | Pym, Rt. Hn. Francis |
| Cordle, John | Jennings, J. C. (Burton) | Quennell, Miss J. M. |
| Corfield, Rt. Hn. Frederick | Jessel, Toby | Raison, Timothy |
| Cormack, Patrick | Johnson Smith, G. (E. Grinstead) | Ramsden, Rt. Hn. James |
| Costain, A. P. | Jones, Arthur (Northants, S.) | Rawlinson, Rt. Hn. Sir Peter |
| Critchley, Julian | Joseph, Rt. Hn. Sir Keith | Redmond, Robert |
| Crouch, David | Kaberry, Sir Donald | Reed, Laurance (Bolton, E.) |
| Crowder, F. P. | Kellett-Bowman, Mrs. Elaine | Rees, Peter (Dover) |
| Curran, Charles | Kershaw, Anthony | Rees-Davies, W. R. |
| d'Avigdor-Goldsmid,Maj.-Gen.James | Kilfedder, James | Renton, Rt. Hn. Sir David |
| Dean, Paul | Kimball, Marcus | Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon |
| Deedes, Rt. Hn. W. F. | King, Evelyn (Dorset, S.) | Ridley, Hn. Nicholas |
| Digby, Simon Wingfield | King, Tom (Bridgwater) | Ridsdale, Julian |
| Dixon, Piers | Kinsey, J. R. | Rippon, Rt. Hn. Geoffrey |
| Dodds-Parker, Douglas | Knight, Mrs. Jill | Roberts, Michael (Cardiff, N.) |
| du Cann, Rt. Hn. Edward | Knox, David | Roberts, Wyn (Conway) |
| Dykes, Hugh | Lambton, Lord | Rodgers, Sir John (Sevenoaks) |
| Eden, Sir John | Lane, David | Rossi, Hugh (Hornsey) |
| Edwards, Nicholas (Pembroke) | Langford-Holt, Sir John | Rost, Peter |
| Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) | Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry | Royle, Anthony |
| Elliott, R. W. (N'c'tle-uponTyne,N.) | Le Merchant, Spencer | Russell, Sir Ronald |
| Emery, Peter | Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | St. John-Stevas, Norman |
| Eyre, Reginald | Longden, Gilbert | Sandys, Rt. Hn. D. |
| Farr, John | Loveridge, John | Scott, Nicholas |
| Fell, Anthony | Luce, R. N. | Scott-Hopkins, James |
| Fenner, Mrs. Peggy | McAdden, Sir Stephen | Sharples, Richard |
| Fidler, Michael | MacArthur, Ian | Shaw, Michael (Sc'b'gh & Whitby) |
| Finsberg, Geoffrey (Hampstead) | McCrindle, R. A. | Shelton, William (Clapham) |
| Fisher, Nigel (Surbiton) | McLaren, Martin | Simeons, Charles |
| Fletcher-Cooke, Charles | Maclean, Sir Fitzroy | Skeet, T. H. H. |
| Fookes, Miss Janet | McMaster, Stanley | Smith, Dudley (W'wick & L'mington) |
| Fortescue, Tim | Macmillan, Maurice (Farnham) | Soref, Harold |
| Foster, Sir John | McNair-Wilson, Michael | Speed, Keith |
| Fowler, Norman | McNair-Wilson, Patrick (NewForest) | Spence, John |
| Fox, Marcus | Maddan, Martin | Sproat, Iain |
| Fraser,Rt.Hn.Hugh(Stfford & Stone) | Madel, David | Stainton, Keith |
| Fry, Peter | Maginnis, John E. | Stanbrook, Ivor |
| Galbraith, Hn. T. G | Marples, Rt. Hn. Ernest | Steel, David |
| Gardner, Edward | Marten, Neil | Stewart-Smith, Geoffrey (Belper) |
| Gibson-Watt, David, | Mather, Carol | Stodart, Anthony (Edinburgh, W.) |
| Gilmour, Ian (Norfolk, C.) | Maude, Angus | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir M. |
| Gilmour, Sir John (Fife, E.) | Maudling, Rt. Hn. Reginald | Stokes, John |
| Stuttaford, Dr. Tom | Tugendhat, Christopher | Whitelaw, Rt. Hn. William |
| Sutcliffe, John | Turton, Rt. Hn. Sir Robin | Wiggin, Jerry |
| Tapsell, Peter | van Straubenzee, W. R. | Wilkinson, John |
| Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) | Vaughan, Dr. Gerard | Winterton, Nicholas |
| Taylor,Edward M. (G'gow,Cathcart) | Waddington, David | Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick |
| Taylor, Frank (Moss Side) | Walder, David (Clitheroe) | Wood, Rt. Hn. Richard |
| Taylor, Robert (Croydon, N.W.) | Walker, Rt. Hn. Peter (Worcester) | Woodhouse, Hn. Christopher |
| Tebbit, Norman | Walker-Smith, Rt. Hn. Sir Derek | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Temple, John M. | Wall, Patrick | Worsley, Marcus |
| Thatcher, Rt. Hn. Mrs. Margaret | Walters, Dennis | Wylie, Rt. Hn. N. R. |
| Thomas, John Stradling (Monmouth) | Ward, Dame Irene | Younger, Hn. George |
| Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S.) | Warren, Kenneth | |
| Tilney, John | Weatherill, Bernard | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Trafford, Dr. Anthony | Wells, John (Maldstone) | Mr. Michael Joplin and |
| Trew, Peter | White, Roger (Gravesend) | Mr. Hamish Gray |
| NOES | ||
| Abse, Leo | Douglas-Mann, Bruce | Jones, Gwynoro (Carmarthen) |
| Albu, Austen | Driberg, Tom | Jones, T. Alec (Rhondda, W.) |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Duffy, A. E. P. | Judd, Frank |
| Allen, Scholefield | Dunn, James A. | Kaufman, Gerald |
| Archer, Peter (Rowley Regis) | Dunnett, Jack | Kelley, Richard |
| Armstrong, Ernest | Eadie, Alex | Kerr, Russell |
| Ashley, Jack | Edelman, Maurice | Kinnock, Neil |
| Atkinson, Norman | Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | Lambie, David |
| Bagier, Gordon A. T. | Edwards, William (Merioneth) | Lamond, James |
| Barnes, Michael | Ellis, Tom | Latham, Arthur |
| Barnett, Guy (Greenwich) | English, Michael | Lawson, George |
| Barnett, Joel (Heywood and Royton) | Evans, Fred | Leadbitter, Ted |
| Baxter, William | Ewing, Harry | Lee, Rt. Hn. Frederick |
| Beaney, Alan | Faulds, Andrew | Leonard, Dick |
| Benn, Rt. Hn. Anthony Wedgwood | Fernyhough, Rt. Hn. E. | Lestor, Miss Joan |
| Bennett, James (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Fisher, Mrs. Doris (B'ham,Ladywood) | Lever, Rt. Hn. Harold |
| Bidwell, Sydney | Fitch, Alan (Wigan) | Lewis, Arthur (W. Ham, N.) |
| Bishop, E. S. | Fletcher, Raymond (Ilkeston) | Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) |
| Blenkinsop, Arthur | Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) | Lipton, Marcus |
| Boardman, H. (Leigh) | Foley, Maurice | Lomas, Kenneth |
| Booth, Albert | Foot, Michael | Lyon, Alexander W. (York) |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hn. Arthur | Ford, Ben | Lyons, Edward (Bradford,E.) |
| Boyden, James (Bishop Auckland) | Forrester, John | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson |
| Bradley, Tom | Fraser, John (Norwood) | McBride, Neil |
| Broughton, Sir Alfred | Freeson, Reginald | McCann, John |
| Brown, Bob (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne,W.) | Galpern, Sir Myer | McElhone, Frank |
| Brown, Hugh D. (G'gow, Provan) | Garrett, W. E. | McGuire, Michael |
| Brown, Ronald (Shoreditch & F'bury) | Gilbert, Dr. John | Mackenzie, Gregor |
| Buchan, Norman | Ginsburg, David (Dewsbury) | Mackie, John |
| Buchanan, Richard (G'gow, Sp'burn) | Gordon Walker, Rt. Hn. P. G. | Mackintosh, John P. |
| Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Gourlay, Harry | Maclennan, Robert |
| Callaghan, Rt. Hn. James | Grant, George (Morpeth) | McMillan, Tom (Glasgow, C.) |
| Campbell, I. (Dunbartonshire, W.) | Grant, John D, (Islington E.) | McNamara, J. Kevin |
| Cant, R. B. | Griffiths, Eddie (Brightside) | Mahon, Simon (Bootle) |
| Carmichael, Neil | Griffiths, Will (Exchange) | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield. E.) |
| Carter, Ray (Birmingh'm, Northfield) | Hamilton, James (Bothwell) | Marks, Kenneth |
| Carter-Jones, Lewis (Eccles) | Hamilton, William (Fife, W.) | Marquand, David |
| Castle, Rt. Hn. Barbara | Hamling, William | Marsden, F. |
| Clark, David (Colne Valley) | Hannan, William (G'gow, Maryhill) | Marshall, Dr. Edmund |
| Cocks, Michael (Bristol, S.) | Hardy, Peter | Mason, Rt. Hn. Roy |
| Cohen, Stanley | Harper, Joseph | Mayhew, Christopher |
| Coleman, Donald | Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) | Meacher, Michael |
| Concannon, J. D. | Hattersley, Roy | Mellish, Rt. Hn. Robert |
| Conlan, Bernard | Healey, Rt. Hn. Denis | Mendelson, John |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Heffer, Eric S. | Millan, Bruce |
| Cox, Thomas (Wandsworth, C.) | Horam, John | Miller, Dr. M. S. |
| Crawshaw, Richard | Houghton, Rt. Hn. Douglas | Milne, Edward |
| Cronin, John | Huckfield, Leslie | Mitchell, R. C. (S'hampton, Itchen) |
| Crosland, Rt. Hn. Anthony | Hughes, Rt. Hn. Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Molloy, William |
| Crossman, Rt. Hn. Richard | Hughes, Mark (Durham) | Morgan, Elystan (Cardiganshire) |
| Cunningham, G. (Islington, S.W.) | Hughes, Robert (Aberdeen, N.) | Morris, Alfred (Wythenshawe) |
| Cunningham, Dr. J. A. (Whitehaven) | Hughes, Roy (Newport) | Morris, Charles R. (Openshaw) |
| Dalyell, Tam | Hunter, Adam | Morris, Rt. Hn. John (Aberavon) |
| Darling, Rt. Hn. George | Irvine,Rt.Hn.SirArthur(Edge Hill) | Moyle, Roland |
| Davidson, Arthur | Janner, Greville | Mulley, Rt. Hn. Frederick |
| Davies, Denzil (Llanelly) | Jay, Rt. Hn. Douglas | Murray, Ronald King |
| Davies, Ifor (Gower) | Jeger, Mrs. Lena | Oakes, Gordon |
| Davis, Clinton (Hackney, C.) | Jenkins, Hugh (Putney) | Ogden, Eric |
| Davis, Terry (Bromsgrove) | Jenkins, Rt. Hn. Roy (Stechford) | O'Halloran, Michael |
| Deakins, Eric | John, Brynmor | O'Malley, Brian |
| Delargy, Hugh (Thurrock) | Johnson, Carol (Lewisham, S.) | Oram, Bert |
| Dell, Rt. Hn. Edmund | Johnson, James (K'ston-on-Hull, W.) | Orbach, Maurice |
| Dempsey, James | Johnson, Walter (Derby, S.) | Orme, Stanley |
| Doig, Peter | Jones, Barry (Flint, E.) | Oswald, Thomas |
| Dormand, J. D. | Jones, Dan (Burnley) | Owen, Dr. David (Plymouth, Sutton) |
| Douglas, Dick (Stirlingshire, E.) | Jones,Rt.Hn.Sir Elwyn (W.Ham,S.) | Padley, Walter |
| Palmer, Arthur | Short,Rt.Hn.Edward(N'c'tle-u-Tyne) | Tuck, Raphael |
| Panned, Rt. Hn. Charles | Short, Mrs. Renée (W'hampton, N.E.) | Urwin, T. W. |
| Parker, John (Dagenham) | Silkin, Rt. Hn. John (Deptford) | Varley, Eric G. |
| Parry, Robert (Liverpool, Exchange) | Silkin, Hn. S. C. (Dulwich) | Wainwright, Edwin |
| Pavitt, Laurie | Sillars, James | Walden, Brian (B'm'ham, All Saints) |
| Peart, Rt. Hn. Fred | Silverman, Julius | Walker, Harold (Doncaster) |
| Pentland, Norman | Skinner, Dennis | Wallace, George |
| Perry, Ernest G. | Small, William | Watkins, David |
| Prentice, Rt. Hn. Reg. | Smith, John (Lanarkshire, N.) | Weitzman, David |
| Prescott, John | Spearing, Nigel | Wellbeloved, James |
| Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) | ||
| Probert, Arthur | Spriggs, Leslie | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| Rankin, John | Stallard, A. W. | White, James (Glasgow, Pollok) |
| Reed, D. (Sedgefield) | Stewart, Rt. Hn. Michael (Fulham) | Whitehead, Phillip |
| Rhodes, Geoffrey | Stoddart, David (Swindon) | Whitlock, William |
| Richard, Ivor | Stonehouse, Rt. Hn. John | Willey, Rt. Hn. Frederick |
| Roberts, Albert (Normanton) | Strang, Gavin | Williams, Alan (Swansea, W.) |
| Roberts, Rt.Hn.Goronwy (Caernarvon) | Strauss, Rt. Hn. G. R. | Williams, Mrs. Shirley (Hitchin) |
| Roderick, Caerwyn E. (Br'c'n&R'dnor) | Summerskill, Hn. Dr. Shirley | Wilson, Alexander (Hamilton) |
| Rodgers, William (Stockton-on-Tees) | Swain, Thomas | Wilson, William (Coventry, S.) |
| Roper, John | Thomas,Rt.Hn.George (Cardiff,W.) | Woof, Robert |
| Ross, Paul B. | Thomson, Rt. Hn. G. (Dundee, E.) | |
| Ross, Rt. Hn. William (Kilmarnock) | Tinn, James | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Sandelson, Neville | Tomney, Frank | Mr. John Golding |
| Sheldon, Robert (Ashton-under-Lyne) | Torney, Tom | Mr. Tom Pendry. |
| Shore, Rt. Hn. Peter (Stepney) |
§ Question accordingly agreed to.
§ Resolved,
§ That the statement on Civil Aviation Policy Guidance given to the Civil Aviation Authority in pursuance of section 3(2) of the Civil Aviation Act 1971 with respect to the performance
186§ of its functions, a draft of which was laid before this House on 23rd February, be approved in pursuance of section 3(3) of that Act.