§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to amend the helicopter coverage group criteria to secure a speedier recommended response time to emergencies at night and in bad weather.
§ Mr. NorrisMy Department has no plans to amend the existing all weather-night response time established under the helicopter coverage criteria, which continue to prove operationally acceptable, nor will they be amended under the MOD's future provision of military helicopters for search and rescue. However, under these provisions, all weather-night coverage in the west will be improved in the first half of 1996 by the re-equipping of RAF Valley with Sea King aircraft.