§ Mr. Hulbertasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he will now make a statement in regard to any agreement entered into by his Department for the co-ordination of air and surface transport services.
Mr. Ivor ThomasThe Railway Companies Association is prepared to carry on the Associated Airways Joint Committee services until the new European Corporation is formed. The Management Committee, set up in pursuance of the Agreement of 7th May, 1941, with the Secretary of State for Air, will be at the disposal of my Noble Friend as hitherto, and will be prepared, as in the past, to enter into agreements for the interavailability of tickets; the conveyance as necessary of air passengers' heavy baggage by rail and sea, and for booking facilities at railway offices and at all other offices under railway ownership, such as Thos. Cook and Son and Dean and Daw-son.