HC Deb 23 March 1970 vol 798 c291W
Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the President of the Board of Trade when the Linesman Mediator air traffic control system will be first operable.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

Development of the air traffic control system under the Mediator project will be implemented in stages. The first stage in which control of traffic in the airways in Southern England will be integrated and concentrated in the new London Air Traffic Control Centre at West Drayton is currently planned for implementation in the Spring of 1971. Linesman is the air defence project.