§ Lieut.-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Air Ministry whether it is still the 2549W policy of the Government to allow private enterprise at first to operate the easier of the great air routes, the more difficult being operated by the State; and whether such decision has been changed in view of the statements to the effect that the Cairo to India and beyond route is to be operated by the Government?
§ Major-General SEELYThe policy of His Majesty's Government is broadly that stated in the first part of the question. Strategic considerations enter largely into the route between Cairo and India, and it would, therefore, be premature to make any precise statement at present.