B.O.A.C. (BOARD)

HC Deb 15 April 1946 vol 421 cc382-3W

Mr. Mikardo

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he will issue in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of all persons at present serving on the Boards of the British European Airways Corporation, the British South American Airways Corporation, and the British Overseas Airways Corporation.

Mr. Ivor Thomas:

A British European Airways Corporation and a British South American Airways Corporation do not exist and will not until the Civil Aviation Bill, now before Parliament, is passed. The members of the Board of British Overseas Airways Corporation as announced by my Noble Friend on 23rd January, 1946, are:

Lord Knollys, K.C.M.G., M.B.E.. D.F.C.

Sir Harold Howitt, D.S.O., M.C.

Sir Harold Hartley, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., M.C.

Lord Burghley, K.C.M.G.

Mr. George Morgan Garro Jones.

Major Roland Hobhouse Thornton, M.C.

Major John Roland McCrindle, O.B.E., M.C.

Mr. Gerard D'Erlanger.

Mr. Clement Wakefield Jones, C.B.

Sir Harold Hartley and Mr. Gerard D'Erlanger have special responsibilities in relation to the development of European services.