§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what arrangements have been made by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with other Member States of Western European Union regarding health control of sea and air traffic.
§ Lord John HopeThe arrangements originally made between the five Brussels Treaty countries and recently extended to the Federal German Republic and Italy are as follows:—
The countries concerned form a single area for certain purposes connected with the health control of sea and air traffic. 54W In consequence, the master of a ship trading solely between ports within that area and not calling at any other port during its voyage does not in normal circumstances have to complete the Maritime Declaration of Health otherwise required from ships coming from a foreign port. In the case of aircraft whose journeys are confined to that area, no health control is normally imposed on the aircraft or its passengers at any airport in the area at which the aircraft alights.
The arrangements also include the exchange of epidemiological information between the countries concerned.