National Air Traffic Services (Hansard, 21 January 1999)

HC Deb 21 January 1999 vol 323 c567W 567W

§ Mr. Levitt
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will have the power to insist on minimum staffing levels for the reorganised National Air Traffic Services. [66863]

§ Dr. Reid
My right hon. Friend has no plans to take powers to set either minimum or maximum staffing levels for NATS. Except where safety regulations prescribe minimum staffing levels, it will—as now—be for NATS' management to determine the staffing levels the company needs to discharge its obligations.