§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to consider the privatisation of the Civil Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinMy right hon. Friend has at present no plans to privatise the Civil Aviation Authority.
§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will meet the chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority to discuss the shortage of Civil Aviation Authority examiners to test for the commercial pilot's licence and instrument ratings examinations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThis is a matter for the Civil Aviation Authority. I have asked the chairman of the authority to write to my hon. Friend.