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Oral answer to question provided on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 in the House of Commons, by Ruth Kelly (Labour), Department for Transport.


Regional Airports

Answer

Regional airports generate regional growth, jobs and investment, and we support their development provided that environmental considerations are addressed. Our White Paper, ““The Future of Air Transport””, invited airports to publish master plans outlining how their future development proposals would help regional economies, and many have now done so.

This is an answer to the Oral question asked on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 by Andrew Gwynne (Labour).

Question
What recent assessment she has made of the contribution of regional airports to regional economies.

Secondary information

Type
Oral answer to question
Reference
478 c1272 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Aviation Airports Regional planning and development Regional airports
Link
View this Oral answer to question on www.publications.parliament.uk