B.O.A.C./Cunard Limited (Publication of Agreement)

HC Deb 08 December 1965 vol 722 cc95-6W

Mr. H. Hynd

asked the Minister of Aviation, whether he will now publish the agreement which was entered into between the British Overseas Airways Corporation and Cunard on the formation of B.O.A.C./Cunard Limited.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Yes. In view of the unusual public interest in this Agreement, in Parliament and elsewhere, and the questions of Government policy which it raises, the Chairman of B.O.A.C. and the Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd. have both consented to make an exception to the general and accepted rule, that commercial agreements should be treated as confidential, and agreed to its publication. I have accordingly placed a copy of the Agreement, together with some associated documents, in the Library of the House.