§ 55. Sir G. de Freitasasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will introduce legislation to deal with the abuses of inertia selling on the basis of a code used by a cosmetics firm in his constituency, details of which have been supplied to him by the right hon. Member for Kettering.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantI welcome sound voluntary codes of conduct, but their great merit lies in application of the spirit rather than the letter of their provisions, and as such they are not—
NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS KILLED ON BRITISH AIRLINES AND THE NUMBERS CARRIED 1961–1969 British Airlines Total B.O.A.C. Scheduled Services B.E.A. Scheduled Services Private Companies Charter Year Passengers killed (No.) Passengers carried (000) Passengers killed (No.) Passengers carried (000) Passengers killed (No.) Passengers carried (000) Passengers killed (No.) Passengers carried (000) 1961 … 87 7,881 Nil 845 20 4,355 67 947 1962 … 111 8,760 Nil 910 Nil 4,797 101 953 1963 … Nil 9,962 Nil 942 Nil 5,440 Nil 1,184 1964 … 75 11,507 Nil 1,137 Nil 5,989 Nil 1,596 1965 … 53 13,079 Nil 1,304 30 6,707 Nil 2,033 1966 … 204 15,237 113 1,448 Nil 7,229 91 2,906 1967 … 211 15,765 Nil 1,513 59 7,377 152 3,224 1968 … 48 16,146 4 1,475 Nil 7,564 Nil 3,751 1969 … Nil 18,605 Nil 1,791 Nil 8,331 Nil 4,930