§ Mr. Cooperasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation why his Department has permitted such a deterioration in the navigational aids at many of the aerodromes in Great Britain compared with the position at the end of the war, and in particular why, at Renfrew, the S.B.A. System, promised within two months by his Department on 29th May, is still not in operation.
§ Mr. LindgrenMy noble Friend is satisfied that far from there having been deterioration in the navigational aids available on civil airfields in Great Britain, British airfields are on the whole already equipped in this respect to a higher standard than obtains elsewhere; further progress will be practicable as soon as Provisional International Civil Aviation Organisation standardisation is agreed. As regards the installation of the Standard Beam Approach System at Renfrew, delay has been experienced in siting this equipment in a position in which the beam would be unaffected by surrounding obstructions, but this has recently been achieved and the system will be made available when negotiations for the necessary land have been completed.