§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Trade, pursuant to his reply to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe on 19 March, Official Report, column 142, about the crash of the Dan-Air Boeing 727 at Tenerife in April 1980, if he has now discovered why 181W the Spanish authorities failed to keep their undertaking to supply his Department with a copy of the definitive text of the report of the commission of inquiry into the crash by the end of the week commencing 19 March; if the report has now been received and translated; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EyreThe report of the Spanish authorities concerning the accident to the Dan-Air Boeing 727 which occurred in Tenerife on 25 April 1980 has been completed and is now awaiting approval by the appropriate Spanish Minister. It is anticipated that the text of the report in Spanish will be available in the United Kingdom for translation in the near future. When it has been translated into English and studied it will be submitted to the Secretary of State for Trade. It is not known why the report was not sent to the United Kingdom by the end of the week commencing 19 March 1981.