§ Mr. Martenasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will publish in the Official Report the letter sent to him by the Civil Aviation Authority expressing the view that wider discretion should be left to the licensing system in the control of long haul scheduled services.
§ Mr. Clinton Davis,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th February 1976, Vol. 905, c. 850]. gave the following information:
In my right hon. Friend's statement to the House on 11th February 1976—[Vol. 905, c. 442–52]—he reported the CAA's views. The text of the Chairman's letter is as follows:
I am writing to confirm what I told you at our meeting on 6th February as to the Authority's views on the new Guidance on which you consulted it in accordance with Section 3(2) of the Civil Aviation Act 1971.The Authority is appreciative of the care and attention which you and your officers have given to its informal representations during the drafting of the Guidance and the modifications which have been incorporated in it as the result of discussions with members and officers of the Authority. The Authority at its meeting on 5th February considered the draft of the Guidance as it then stood and treated the submission to it of that draft as the consultation required under the Act of 1971.
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