HL Deb 24 February 1997 vol 578 c73WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the United States Regional Airspace Initiative, which is intended to develop the sharing of both civil and military flight-plan and radar-tracking data in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Albania and Slovenia under a NATO inter-operable command, control and communications structure, has been discussed with the European Commission; and whether this initiative intrudes on the responsibilities of the European Union or has a bearing on European Union enlargement.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

The US has previously discussed its Regional Airspace Initiative for airspace management modernisation with its NATO Allies. As far as we are aware there has been no contact with the European Commission. The initiative does not intrude on EU responsibilities. It does not have any effect on EU enlargement.