§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what are the minimum horizontal ranges to which a military aircraft carrying out a practice interception on a non-co-operating civil aircraft is permitted to approach its target;
(2) if he will make a statement on the changes made to procedures for practice interceptions of civil airliners, following the aircraft proximity hazard incident off Fife on 22 October 1992;
(3) what instructions are contained in the group air staff orders of No. 11 Group Royal Air Force, concerning the procedures to be followed by RAF aircraft conducting practice interceptions of non-co-operating civil aircraft.
§ Mr. HanleyI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood) on 29 November 1993,Official Report, column 369.