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Airport Development - 17 December 2002 Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon): The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs told the House last Thursday that she had had discussions with the right hon. Gentleman about the report on airport policy produced by the royal commission on environmental pollution. Does he recall those discussions, and can he tell us how he has amended his policy as a result? Mr. Darling: On the documents, when we discussed the matter in prolonged exchanges in Question Time last month, I said that we would publish a further paper on the result of the court decision on Gatwick. The representations and general comments that we have received are publicly available and known about. Ministers will take them into account, as will the House. It is important that we take into account not just what people say about
the need to expand airports but what they say about the environmental
cost of air travel—both are important. As I have said time and time
again, next year we will reach a conclusion about what we ought to do.
I am pretty clear about the fact that the House, the industry and the
public want certainty about our strategy, and we still plan to make that
decision towards the end of next year. |
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David Curry MP | House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA | tel: 020 7219 6202 |
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