HC Deb 31 October 2001 vol 373 c660W
Mr. John Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the consultants' report on the relocation of the fixed wing aircraft repair business of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency from RAF St. Athan to Cardiff International airport. [10765]

Mr. Ingram

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 20 July 2001,Official Report, column 707W. The position has not changed.

Mr. John Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received from business in the Vale of Glamorgan on the Defence Aviation Repair Agency's unsuccessful attempt to relocate its fixed wing aircraft repair business from RAF St. Athan to Cardiff International airport. [10766]

Mr. Ingram

The only representation received to date by the Chief Executive of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) was from Mr. Derek Gaynor, the landlord of the Highwayman Inn in Nurston.

Mr. Gaynor has since been informed about the current position concerning Cardiff International airport by officials from the Welsh Development Agency.