HC Deb 30 June 1980 vol 987 c1086

Queen's Recommendation having been signified—

Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present session to provide for the reduction of the public dividend capital of the British Airways Board, the subsequent dissolution of the Board and the vesting of all its property, rights, liabilities and obligations in a company nominated by the Secretary of State and to amend the Civil Aviation Act 1971, it is expedient to authorise any increase in the sums issued out of or paid into the Consolidated Fund or the National Loans Fund which is attributable to provisions of that Act setting a limit of £200 million on the aggregate amount outstanding in respect of the Civil Aviation Authority's initial debt and of the principal of any money borrowed by the Authority.—[Mr. Cope.]