HC Deb 06 June 1995 vol 261 c40W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the emergency medical equipment that has to be carried on all scheduled flights by British-registered aircraft. [26508]

Mr. Norris

The Air Navigation Order 1995 requires all UK registered aircraft to carry first aid equipment of good quality, sufficient in quantity, having regard to the number of persons on board the aircraft, and including the followingRoller bandages, triangular bandages, adhesive plaster, absorbent gauze, cotton wool (or wound dressings in place of the absorbent gauze and cotton wool), burn dressings, safety pins; Haemostatic bandages or tourniquets, scissors; Antiseptic, analgesic and stimulant drugs; Splints, in the case of aeroplanes the maximum total weight authorised of which exceeds 5,700 kg; A handbook on first aid.