§ Mr. L. SMITHasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he can give the names of the towns in this country which have acquired air ports or which are taking steps to acquire them?
§ Mr. MONTAGUEFour towns—Black pool, Hull, Nottingham and Manchester—have already established licensed aero dromes, the Manchester aerodrome, at Wythenshawe, being a temporary one.1292W Six towns—Bristol, Carlisle, Liverpool, Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester for its permanent aerodrome at Chat Moss—have purchased ground for aerodromes. Ten other towns are negotiating for the purchase of ground and four others have reserved sites for aero dromes in their town planning schemes. In addition, 70 towns have shown that they are actively interested in the establishment of aerodromes; for 33 of these sites have been inspected and in nine other cases sites are awaiting inspection.