§ 49. Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what co-ordinating machinery he has now set up for reviewing the pattern of inter-city, Continental, and inter-Continental passenger and freight transport for the 1970's and 1980's by road, rail, high-speed rail and tracked hovercraft, sea and air; and what specific steps he is taking to determine the pattern of airports for larger aircraft, as well as airstrips and air pads for vertical take-off and landing and short take-off and landing aircraft.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThis covers very wide areas. The creation of my Department and the Department of Trade and Industry has made it very much easier for us to develop and improve working arrangements for co-ordinating Government interests in these areas. It is beyond the compass of a reasonably short Answer to outline the work in hand but I should be happy to discuss this with my hon. Friend.