§ Lieut.-Commander Tufnellasked the Secretary of State for Air what steps are taken to secure publicity, in the public interest, of the exact nature of the new air services in the country for which licences are being sought from the air transport licensing authority; and whether he will indicate what routes the existing applications affect?
Captain BalfourThe Air Navigation (Licensing of Public Transport) Order, 1938, provides in Article VI for publicity to be given to all applications for licences for air transport services. The regulations made under that Order (Statutory Rules and Orders No. 1106, 1938) lay down that this publicity is to be effected by the insertion of an advertisement in a newspaper or newspapers selected by the licensing authorities (Regulation 23) and such advertisements have been appearing3138W in two weekly journals dealing with aviation. The exact particulars to be published are set out in Appendix B of the Regulations. I understand that the existing applications affect all existing routes and a number of proposed routes—about 55 in all.