Oral Answers to Questions — Aviation. – in the House of Commons at on 6 March 1935.
Mr Oliver Simmonds
, Birmingham Duddeston
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received any report from the fresh investigation on the desirability of establishing a new airport in Palestine for use in that country and on the Croydon-India service; whether the site in Tel-Aviv has been re-examined and is now considered satisfactory; and whether, as this location is more convenient and useful than Gaza, any action is now contemplated in the matter?
Mr Philip Lloyd-Greame
, Hendon
After expert inquiry and careful consideration of possible alternatives, sites at Lydda and Haifa have been selected for development as airports, and approval has been given far the purchase of the land.
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