Written question asked by Lord Haselhurst (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 September 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 September 2010. It was answered by Theresa Villiers (Conservative) on Monday, 11 October 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Aviation

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government the inclusion in the scope of the proposed Airport Economic Regulation Bill of provisions to address matters of blight, compensation and compulsory purchase orders in respect of airport expansion schemes.

Answer: We announced in the Queen's Speech in May 2010, the Government's intention to reform the framework for the economic regulation of airports to benefit passengers and to drive investment in better airport services. Government are looking to introduce legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows.We have no plans to include in the Bill measures relating to blight, compensation and compulsory purchase orders in respect of airport development schemes.

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