HC Deb 17 June 1996 vol 279 cc335-6W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what instructions he has given to his officials who have been sent to Washington to support the British Airways/American Airlines alliance. [32803]

Mr. Norris

No officials have been sent to Washington DC to support the proposed British Airways/American Airlines alliance. Informal contacts between the US and officials of this Department have continued since the UK broke off air services negotiations last year.