Airspace

Mr. Gerald Howarth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the implications for British national sovereignty arising from the EU proposal to treat all airspace above 25,000 feet over the EU as European airspace.

Gillian Merron
The EC initiative to establish a European Upper Flight Information Region encompassing all airspace above 28,500 feet is without prejudice to UK national sovereignty over its airspace.