Results 1-20 of 1,018 for speaker:Mr George Ward

R.a.F. Transport Command Aircraft (Incident) (26 October 1960)

Mr George Ward: Her Majesty the Queen was returning yesterday from Copenhagen in a Comet of Royal Air Force Transport Command. At about 11 o'clock, when the aircraft was flying at a height of 35,000 feet near the Ems estuary, the co-pilot saw two fighters which approached the Comet head on and passed very close to it. These fighters appeared to bear the markings of the Federal German Air Force. I have set...

R.a.F. Transport Command Aircraft (Incident) (26 October 1960)

Mr George Ward: Yes, Sir. As the hon. Member knows, one of the main objects of Eurocontrol is to ensure the safety of air navigation, both military and civil, in the upper air space. As my right hon. Friend told the House in June this year, a draft agreement has already been approved in principle.

R.a.F. Transport Command Aircraft (Incident) (26 October 1960)

Mr George Ward: I am sure that my right hon. Friend the Minister of Aviation shares the anxiety of every hon. Member in the House to get this matter settled. Perhaps the hon. Member will address his questions to my right hon. Friend.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Establishments and Personnel (20 July 1960)

Mr George Ward: We estimate the direct cost to Air Votes in the last five financial years at £4·4 million, £5 million, £5·1 million, £4·9 million, and £5·2 million.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Establishments and Personnel (20 July 1960)

Mr George Ward: Yes, but I should make it clear to my hon. Friend that the figures of cost for which the Question asked, and which I have given, are not quite the same as local expenditure, but we have spent about £18 million in Malta in this period.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Airforce: Women's Junior Air Corps (Uniforms) (13 July 1960)

Mr George Ward: We have no surplus tunics, but there are about 5,000 battle-dress blouses and 4,000 skirts which the Women's Junior Air Corps can buy from us cheaply if it wishes.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Airforce: Women's Junior Air Corps (Uniforms) (13 July 1960)

Mr George Ward: The Women's Junior Air Corps is an independent organisation. While we gladly help it in a number of ways, we cannot make free gifts of public property in this way. We have, however, decided that surplus uniforms should be offered at a price which I think the Corps will find not too onerous.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Fylingdales Early-Warning Station (18 May 1960)

Mr George Ward: They will be 140 ft. in diameter.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Fylingdales Early-Warning Station (18 May 1960)

Mr George Ward: As I told the hon. Gentleman last week, we are, of course, taking the advice in this matter of an expert landscape consultant.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Fylingdales Early-Warning Station (18 May 1960)

Mr George Ward: I know that some hon. Gentlemen on the opposite side would like to blackball the whole project, but personally I think it is a very useful one.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Chalgrove Airfield (11 May 1960)

Mr George Ward: No formal offer to lease Chalgrove airfield was made to Martin Baker, although in discussions with the company the question of a lease was considered. A short lease would not have given the company sufficient security of tenure in relation to its future work, nor have justified the capital and maintenance expenditure it will have to incur. On the other hand, a long lease would not have...

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Chalgrove Airfield (11 May 1960)

Mr George Ward: Much of the trouble about the Adjournment debate was that my hon. Friend was left only a very few minutes in which to reply—I am making no criticism—and did not have a chance to deploy his case fully. On the question of a public inquiry, he and another Minister have already twice visited Chalgrove. This matter has been considered by Ministers at every stage, and we are fully...

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Air Rank Posts (27 April 1960)

Mr George Ward: Air Votes bear the cost of 10 air rank posts which are established wholly or mainly for international or inter-service reasons.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Air Rank Posts (27 April 1960)

Mr George Ward: It is quite impossible to relate the number of air rank posts directly to the number of uniformed personnel. To begin with, the complexity and the responsibilities of the Royal Air Force do not by any means vary in direct ratio with the number of uniformed personnel. I can, however assure the hon. Gentleman that I am personally watching this matter and am doing all I can to keep the number of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Weston Zoyland Airfield (Grass-drying Contract) (23 March 1960)

Mr George Ward: We told this firm on 7th January that its seasonal grass-drying contract would not be renewed. This was because we saw no need at that time to keep the airfield ready for flying use. There is now, however, a chance that we may need this airfield again for flying. We propose, therefore, to renew the grass-drying contract with this firm until 1st October this year. By that date we hope to have...

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Weston Zoyland Airfield (Grass-drying Contract) (23 March 1960)

Mr George Ward: We shall be renewing the other two contracts for 1960. I cannot give any undertaking beyond that.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Weston Zoyland Airfield (Grass-drying Contract) (23 March 1960)

Mr George Ward: I realise that there will be some disappointment among farmers who were hoping that this land would be returned to full agricultural use, but I think they would be much more disappointed if we returned the land to agricultural use and then had to change our minds later. In any case, it is rather late in the season for them to start ploughing, but as soon as we can make a firm decision, which...

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Automatic Gun Parts (16 March 1960)

Mr George Ward: I understand that Mr. Solomons has now sold the spares to a registered arms dealer. The sale of un-mutilated spares was not contrary to the Departmental regulations in force at the time, and there is therefore no question of disciplinary action.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Married Quarters, Berlin (Complaint) (9 March 1960)

Mr George Ward: The floors in the kitchen and bathrooms have now been repaired and a new sink fitted. The quarter was inspected by the medical officer on 27th January, 1960. I understand that there was no evidence of vermin and that the airman's wife made no further complaint.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force: Married Quarters, Berlin (Complaint) (9 March 1960)

Mr George Ward: The hon. and learned Gentleman knows that the medical officer visited this quarter and that twice workmen arrived to repair the floor but the airman's wife would not allow them in. That did not help matters. Now, however, I think that matters are more satisfactory, and the airman's wife certainly seems to be contented.