§ Mr. Ioan L. Evansasked the Minister of Aviation if he will extend the arrangements for regional advisory committees for civil aviation to cater for the areas served by the airports of Liverpool, Manchester, Blackpool, Birmingham, and Coventry.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsIn agreement with the First Secretary of State, I have de-454W cided to extend the existing arrangements by setting up two new regional advisory committees, to be known as the North West Committee and West Midlands Committee respectively.
The North West Committee's area will embrace Cheshire, Lancashire and the High Peak District, while the West Midlands Committee area will embrace Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. These areas correspond geographically with those of the N.W. and W. Midlands Economic Planning Councils, with which the new Committees will consult on matters of mutual concern.
In order to bring these new arrangements into effect, as well as the extension of the area of the North East England Advisory Committee for Civil Aviation, of which the House was informed on 8th December in reply to a Question from the hon. Member for Ayr (Mr. Younger), an amendment will be necessary to the Civil Aviation (Licensing) Regulations, 1964. This is in preparation.
I shall announce the names of Chairmen and Members of the Committees as soon as possible.