§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list, relative to the total of foreign cars imported into the United Kingdom in 1976, the percentage that came from Western Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Holland, the German Democratic Republic, the Union Soviet Socialist Republic and Czechoslovakia, respectively; how many vehicles were involved from each country; and what was the cost of their purchase.
§ Mr. MeacherFollowing is the information for the nine months ending September 1976:
the Falkland Islands and the pilot lost his life but the single passenger, a medical officer, was subsequently rescued.
At the request of the Governor of the the Falkland Islands the Chief Inspector of Accidents sent an investigating team, which included a medical officer from the Civil Aviation Authority, to conduct an investigation into the accident, but the inspector in charge has not yet returned to this country. The investigation is being conducted in accordance with the appropriate Colonial Air Navigation 395W Order and the inspector will make his report to the Governor, who will decide whether the report is to be published. It would be inappropriate for me to anticipate the inspector's findings or to comment on this accident at this time.
There has been no formal investigation into another accident which occurred about two months previously when the float plane involved capsized at its moorings. No injuries resulted from this accident.