asked the Secretary of State for Trade what plans the Civil Aviation Authority has to improve and update air

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF BLANKETS
Country			1975		1976		1977		January to September 1978
			Tonnes	£'000	Tonnes	£'000	Tonnes	£'000	Tonnes	£'000
Czechoslovakia	…	…	459	278	429	294	461	415	419	330
Spain	…	…	144	174	118	168	131	249	255	408
Portugal	…	…	194	227	82	97	50	74	132	251
West Germany	…	…	70	135	101	324	122	476	140	569
Italy	…	…	12	19	32	57	78	157	122	213
Total	…	…	879	833	762	940	842	1,371	1,068	1.771

No representations have been received from the Blanket Manufacturers Association or other sources about increasing imports of blankets. Imports of blankets from Czechoslovakia are subject to quota restrictions. Blankets are covered by Category 66 of the MFA—a less sensitive Group III product. There are at present no quota restrictions on any of the MFA bilateral or low-cost Mediterranean sources. Restrictions on West Germany or Italy would of course be precluded since they are EEC member States. Subject to representations being received, I have at present no plans to introduce further restrictions. traffic control radar facilities at Gatwick airport, in view of the expected increase of traffic as from 1st April 1979.

This is a matter for the Civil Aviation Authority.