Several noble Lords: Question: question!
Lord GORE-BOOTH: 1 am sorry, my Lords. May I ask the Minister whether he also agrees that when mention is made of too many threats of war, surely there is a very easy answer to the point; namely, for the Russians to move out of Afghanistan?
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Lord STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL: My Lords, I think the last part of the noble Lord's question is somewhat removed from the Statement, but I would not dissent from what he has said. far as the ground launched cruise missiles themselves are concerned, they are in- tended to be in response to an enhanced threat from the other side. We believe that it would be unwise and, indeed, dangerous not to counter an enhancement of the threat from the other side, and this is the intention in the stationing of the ground launched cruise missiles.
Earl DE LA WARR: My Lords, before I ask my brief question perhaps I may say how much I welcome what my noble friend Lord Hill-Norton has said, that this is indeed the best news for NATO for many years. Having said that, may I ask my noble friend whether he could be a little more specific about his description of the control of this weapon as being single key and under
before, the question of the use of these
bases is a matter of joint decision between the United States and the United Kingdom authorities.
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Lord TREFGARNE: My Lords, Your Lordships permission, will repeat a Statement being made by my right honourable friend Mr. Nott on Hong Kong to London air services. The Statement is as follows:
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With permission, Mr Speaker, in view of the widespread interest in the matter, I would like to make an oral statement about the decision I have taken concerning air services between London and long Kong.
"Last year three airlines, British Caledonian, Laker and Cathay Pacific, a Hong Kong based airline, applied to the Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority for licences to operate on the London-Hong Kong route in addition to British Airways. At present British Airways provide the only direct service, although there are of course already a large number of
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"I have given careful consider against the criteri of the Act, and I agreement with Authority in a r particular I was Freddie Laker's d is a large untap route if fares are level.
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In his eviden market as consist men and women the market '--wh if they could affo myself in agreem approach to civil view it should be
"I also felt th placed too muc economics of the services in the sho on the benefits t the United Kin industry generally and competition this in particul other non-British
"I felt that it