Written question asked by Martin Redmond (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 January 1997. It was answered by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Monday, 13 January 1997 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: Under what circumstances UK Air Defence Ground Environment controllers are permitted to provide a radar service to aircraft under their control using a radar picture generated by more than one ground-based radar; and what plans he has for changes to these rules.

Answer: Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence under what circumstances UK air defence ground environment controllers are permitted to provide a radar service to aircraft under their control using a radar picture generated by more than one ground-based radar; and what plans he has for changes to these rules. [9836] Mr. Soames: UK air defence ground environment controllers provide a radar service to aircraft under their control with a single radar selected and are not permitted to provide such a service using more than one ground-based radar. There are currently no plans to change this.

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