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NHS: Hospital Patient Maltreatment
Wednesday 16th March 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, we are indeed restricting demand: we are not authorising a third runway at Heathrow Airport or anywhere else in the south-east.

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My Lords, does the Minister agree that, with five airports in London, there is adequate airline capacity? Is not the need for high-speed rail so that we can meet the needs of the domestic market, which is what is driving most aviation growth?

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