§ Mr. SproatTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to require local authorities to sell their shareholding in local authority airports to the general public and private sector institutions; what plans he has to encourage local authorities to sell such shares to the general public and private sector institutions before he requires them to do so; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NorrisI refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hazel Grove (Sir T. Arnold) on 18 May,Official Report, column 31.