Oral Answers to Questions — Aviation. – in the House of Commons at on 30 July 1934.
Mr Oliver Simmonds
, Birmingham Duddeston
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what steps he proposes to take to free British civil aviation from the domination of the International Commission for Air Navigation?
Sir Philip Sassoon
, Hythe
My hon. Friend probably has in mind the recommendations in paragraph 49 and paragraph 107 (viii) of the Report of the Committee on Control of Private Flying (Cmd. 4654). As is indicated in my Noble Friend's prefatory memorandum on the report, at Recommendation (viii), the representatives of the United Kingdom on the International Commission for Air Navigation will continue to press that international airworthiness requirements should be prescribed in broad terms only.
Mr Oliver Simmonds
, Birmingham Duddeston
Is it not a fact that some of our most experienced air line pilots are liable prematurely to be superannuated owing to the activities of this body, and can he say that this matter is regarded as one of great urgency?
Sir Philip Sassoon
, Hythe
It has been considered by the Commission.
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