Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tom Harris (Labour), on Wednesday, 7 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 14 members in total.

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HEATHROW'S STATUS AS THE UK'S HUB AIRPORT

That this House welcomes research by Oxford Economics which concludes that without Government support for a UK hub airport, Britain could lose up to 140,000 jobs; endorses the view of Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite, in calling for urgent action to be taken in order to maintain the status of Heathrow as a hub airport; agrees with his comment that `Our politicians must think big and act in the national interest. We need an aviation strategy that acknowledges Heathrow as a hub, and we need it now'; further welcomes the comments of Mick Rix of the GMB union, who described the Government's opposition to Heathrow expansion as 'plain daft`; notes that the Institute of Directors has also endorsed the Oxford Economics report, which found that capacity constraints will cost the UK 4.5 billion in GDP from foreign investment and 1.6 billion in lost trade with emerging markets by 2021; and calls on the Government urgently to put jobs and the national interest ahead of electoral interests and to consider all options when it comes to aviation policy, up to and including airport expansion.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

HEATHROW'S STATUS AS THE UK'S HUB AIRPORT (2839A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by John McDonnell (primary, Labour) and tabled on Wednesday, 7 March 2012. It has been signed by 7 members in total.

leave out from `Economics' to end and add `but recognises that its conclusions have been consistently disproved by independent research as alarmist unsubstantiated propaganda generated by the aviation industry; and commends all three main political parties for the consensus they have reached to oppose the development of a third runway at Heathrow and to develop an aviation strategy that serves the long-term environmental and economic interests of the UK.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2839 

2839A1 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

David Crausby

Clive Betts

Graham Stringer

Lord Watts

Grahame Morris

Subjects

Aviation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk