HC Deb 19 July 1984 vol 64 c269W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Transport, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Adley) on 18 June, Official Report, column 18, to what extent the recent negotiations on a possible increase of flight frequencies between Kuala Lumpur and London were handled by officials of his Department, and to what extent by representatives of British Airways.

Mr. David Mitchell

The relevant air services consultations, held in January and May 1984, were conducted by an Under-Secretary of the Department of Transport. The UK and Malaysian delegations included representatives of British Airways and Malaysian Airline Systems respectively, which, as interested airlines, attended in an advisory capacity in accordance with normal practice.