asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation the number of times since the inception of the service that B.S.A.A. aircraft flying between the United Kingdom and Venezuela have arrived at their destination according to schedule.

The British South American Airways Corporation service from the United Kingdom to Venezuela was inaugurated on 2nd September, 1946. Of 21 flights operated on this service between that date and 16th February, 1947, 14 arrived on schedule, and seven were delayed.

Does the Parliamentary Secretary consider that such a performance is a tribute to the nationalisation of aviation?

It is not a question of tributes or nationalisation, but of the difficulties of the route and the head winds which have to be met, in particular, between the Azores and Bermuda.