asked the Secretary of State for Trade if any of the information to which he referred in his answer to the hon. Member for Chingford on 12th February 1975, being information required for the monitoring of the progress of the nationalised industries for which he is responsible towards the objectives which they have been set, which is supplied to trade unions in those industries, is not available to the House of Commons.
The annual reports of the British Airports Authority and the British Airways Board provide full information on the progress of these bodies towards achieving the statutory financial objectives they have been set. As is common practice in all industries, the British Airports Authority and the British Airways Board sometimes in the course of collective bargaining and joint consultation provide trade unions with information which is not readily available outside their respective industries.