HC Deb 24 October 1989 vol 158 cc426-7W
18. Mr. Henderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his NATO allies concerning possible height restrictions on low flying.

22. Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his NATO allies concerning possible height restrictions on low flying.

30. Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his NATO allies concerning possible height restrictions on low flying.

96. Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his NATO allies concerning possible height restrictions on low flying.

Mr. Neubert

My right hon. Friend has had discussions with those NATO allies involved about a package of measures designed to reduce the impact of low-flying training in the Federal Republic of Germany. The outcome of these discussions, which concerned among other subjects the height at which training was undertaken, was reported to the Bundestag by the Federal German Minister of Defence, Dr. Stoltenberg, on 29 September 1989 and a translation of this report has been placed in the Library.

87. Mr. Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he has any plans to amend the rules governing low-flying military activity in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Neubert

There are no plans to alter the fundamental structure of the United Kingdom low-flying system which has worked well since its inception in 1979.

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