Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Grogan (Labour), on Monday, 27 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 167 members in total.

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GOVERNMENT POLICY ON THIRD RUNWAY AT HEATHROW AIRPORT

That this House urges the Government to rethink its plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport and to give full consideration to alternative solutions; regrets the Government's heavy reliance on data supplied by the BAA in assessing the case for expansion and notes the likely forthcoming break up of BAA's ownership of three of London's airports following the investigation by the Competition Committee; believes that the consultation paper Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport was deeply flawed, as it paid insufficient regard to the costs of air and noise pollution in the surrounding areas and the commitment to curb carbon dioxide emissions to tackle climate change; regrets the fact that provisions to improve high speed rail lines from Heathrow to major cities have not been fully explored, along with the potential of other UK airports to handle more long haul flights; and urges the Government to initiate a consultation on a new national planning policy statement on the theme of airports and high speed rail.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2344 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Robert Goodwill

Theresa Villiers

David Drew

Norman Baker

David Leslie Taylor

Subjects

Aviation Climate change Railways

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk