§ Mr. A. Royleasked the Minister of Aviation what steps he is taking to obtain international agreement for raising the angle of the glide path into London Airport.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsApproach angles greater than 3 degrees lead to handling difficulties with modern jet aircraft and I am therefore satisfied that no change should be made to the recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organisation that glide paths should only be set above 3 degrees when it would otherwise be impracticable to meet the obstruction clearance requirements.