asked the Secretary of State for Air which R.A.F. airfields in the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, other than Aldermaston, Kidlington and White Waltham, are to be retained for operational use; and which are to be put on a care and maintenance basis and available as far as circumstances permit for agricultural purposes.

Final decisions have not yet been reached on the airfields to be retained permanently by the R.A.F. for flying. Meanwhile, however, all the airfields in these three counties, other than those now in use for flying, have been made available for farming, including ploughing.