asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what are the terms of the policy directive issued by his department to the managements of B.O.A.C., B.E.A.C. or B.S.A.A.C. to the effect that their trade union negotiations should take a particular line or be conducted in a particular way.

No such directive has been issued and my noble Friend has no intention of interfering with the established machinery for such negotiations which, in the case of civil aviation is the National Joint Council for Civil Air Transport.

Will my hon. Friend take into consideration the views of the British Air Line Pilots' Association in any of these negotiations?

The organisation referred to is a member of the National Joint Council.