HC Deb 26 July 1982 vol 28 c362W
Mr. Loveridge

asked the Minister for Trade (1) if, pursuant to the answers to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Mr. Steen) on 28 June on British Midland Airways, he will now either set new time limits to replace the original limits for further submissions fixed on 21 May, or dispense with them altogether, and come to a final determination of the appeals submitted last October;

(2) when he proposes to reply in full to the question of the hon. Member for Upminster to which a holding answer was given on 1 July, Official Report, c. 355; and what have been the reasons for the delay in providing such a reply;

(3) if he is now able to complete his urgent consideration of British Midland Airways appeal to him, made on 17 October 1981, to compete with British Airways on Heathrow to Glasgow and Heathrow to Edinburgh routes; and if he will make a statement before the Summer Recess.

Mr. Sproat

My right hon. and noble Friend has decided to uphold the appeal from British Midland Airways and to direct the Civil Aviation Authority to grant the appellant the two licences in the terms applied for.