HC Deb 11 January 1999 vol 323 c32W
Mr. Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment the Government have made of the advantages and disadvantages of establishing NATS as a non-profit making organisation. [64570]

Ms Glenda Jackson

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Ayr (Ms Osborne) on 22 June 1998,Official Report, column 366. The Government are consulting interested parties on their preferred option of a public/private partnership for NATS, and will take account of responses to the consultation in taking final decisions. The consultation period will end on 31 January 1999.