Orders of the Day — Civil Aviation

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 March 1945.

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Mr. Hare-Belisha:

I do not think that that is quite the case. A foreign company can make a reciprocal arrangement, as my right hon. and learned Friend explained, but it cannot start up here without permission. The point is this. We are starting on a new era; we are not quite at the beginning of it, but we have not advanced far into it; and it is obvious that air transport is going to expand. This is my plea to the Government—why not consider the American system?