§ 61. Mr. Robert Howarthasked the Minister of Aviation what assistance his Department is giving to the efforts which are again being made to secure the international adoption of the Decca Navigator system of control for aircraft navigation.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe United Kingdom accepted the decision made in 1959 by International Civil Aviation Organisation that VOR /DME should be adopted as the international standard short-range navigational aid until 1975, and the International Civil Aviation Organisation Regional Plan is being implemented in the United Kingdom. Studies are being made with a view to the selection of its successor after that date. Support is being given domestically and in Eurocontrol to the evaluation of HARCO, the latest derivative of Decca.