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Civil Aviation Bill

The Minister talked about local decisions, an expression also used by his five or six predecessors, but the Bill refers to ““the vicinity””. As I have already said, my constituents live between 20 and 50 miles away from the airport, so they feel that they are in the vicinity, but, as I understand it, they will not be included in any regime permitted under the clause. Can the Minister assure me that local decisions will not just mean, in the case of Nottingham East Midlands airport, North West Leicestershire district council but the whole local authority regime throughout the county of Leicestershire? Otherwise, the provision is meaningless.