§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will require operators of major airports to display signs in languages in addition to English. [19788]
§ Ms Glenda Jackson[holding answer 9 December 1997]: No. The UK follows the Recommended Practice on international signs contained in the Chicago Convention, Annex 9, provision 6.9, published jointly by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the International Maritime Organisation for use at airports and Ports. Among the general principles set out in the joint publication (Document 9636) are that as far as possible symbols should be used without words on signs at airports and Ports.