§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Minister for Trade, further to his reply of 10 May and to the reply of the hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Mr. Sproat) on 6 April, Official Report, c. 228, to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras South, how many of the 17,000 people who held scheduled tickets on Skytrain referred to in his answer of 10 May bought them between the date in December when Ministers were first officially informed of Laker Airways financial difficulties and the eventual collapse of the company.
§ Mr. Sproat[pursuant to the reply, 13 May 1982]: This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.