HC Deb 02 August 1939 vol 350 cc2388-9W
Mr. Perkins

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he is refusing permission to Imperial Airways, Limited, to buy American aircraft in order to start a service in the West Indies?

Captain Crookshank

My right hon. Friend is informed that no decision has yet been taken on the question of the establishment of a British Air Transport Service in the West Indies, and in consequence he has received no request for his consent to the purchase of equipment.