HC Deb 19 May 1971 vol 817 c288W
38. Mr. Wilkinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what his Department is doing to provide skid-proof runways for the Royal Air Force.

Mr. Amery

We have developed most effective methods of increasing skid resistance. These include the cutting of grooves in runway surfaces and the application of surface dressings. In particular a friction course surfacing of graded rock and bitumen has been successfully developed.