§ Lord Clinton-Davisasked Her Majesty's Government:
Why they oppose the European Commission's proposal that bilateral air service agreements between the member states of the European Union and the United States of America should be discontinued and that in future the Commission should have exclusive competence to negotiate such agreements.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport (Viscount Goschen)Her Majesty's Government do not believe this would be in the interests of the United Kingdom.