Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 February 1991.
Patrick McLoughlin
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
12:00,
11 February 1991
We must be careful to look exactly at what Sir Leon Brittan said. He said that if
airlines are to receive subsidies from their Governments, the details will have to be notified to the Commission. We will consider each case rapidly but will have to ensure that competition is not unduly distorted to the detriment of consumers and of airlines whose Governments do not think that giving subsidies is an appropriate response to current problems.
That is satisfactory to the Government.