§ 28. Mr. Wilkesasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation why the North-East of England has again been excluded from the list of 17 airports in respect of which building development and extension is proposed and planned during the current year; and on what grounds it is proposed to give priority to 17 airports when the North-East of England is still without any airport capable of handling continental traffic.
§ Mr. LindgrenThere is no aerodrome in the North-East under the control of184W my noble Friend and the development of an entirely new aerodrome at Boldon is a major undertaking still in the planning stage and beyond our present resources.