§ Mr. Wadeasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if, in his discussions with representatives of British Overseas Airways Corporation, British European Airways and the Russian civil air delegation, he will seek adequate safeguards for British independent airlines and, in particular, for the development by British air services on routes between Great Britain and South America.
§ Mr. WatkinsonIn all discussions both with the British air corporations and with the aeronautical authorities of other countries I shall continue to bear in mind the interests of our independent airlines. The talks which have just been concluded with a Soviet civil aviation delegation were concerned only with a reciprocal service between London and Moscow to be operated by British European Airways and the Soviet airline Aeroflot. As regards South America, I would refer the hon. Member to the Answer which I gave on 24th July to the hon. Member for Normanton (Mr. A. Roberts).