§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Trade if, further to his letter to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe on 19 June, he will seek to place on the agenda of the International Civil Aviation Organisation for an early discussion the possibility of investigating major aircraft accidents through an international agency; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TebbitAnnex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation contains procedures for the investigation of international aircraft accidents. These procedures have, over the years, been refined and are now working well throughout the world. It is considered that such problems that have arisen in the past would not have been resolved by the intervention of an international investigative body.
I can, therefore, see no justification for pressing the International Civil Aviation Organisation to explore the feasibility of having an international body for the investigation of major aircraft accidents.