§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contributions of finance, advice and information have been made by Her Majesty's Government to the Canadian Government towards(a) preparation and production of the environmental impact statement on military flying at Goose bay and (b) development and implementation of measures to mitigate the adverse effects of low-level flying from Goose bay.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleAt the request of the Canadian Government the Ministry of Defence provided a forecast of future levels of RAF activity at Goose bay. No financial contribution has been made to the costs of preparing the environmental impact statement.
The Canadian Department of National Defence has consulted the Ministry of Defence and the Officer Commanding RAF unit Goose bay on the development and implementation of a number of environmental monitoring and mitigation measures. To date the United Kingdom has contributed £118,000 towards the total costs of these measures which are shared equally by the four signatories to the Goose bay multi-national memorandum of understanding.