Airports: Heathrow Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Airports: Heathrow

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Excerpts
Monday 28th May 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, I assure the noble Lord that we will do exactly that.

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
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My Lords, is the Minister aware that more and more flights from Scotland are being cancelled by airlines so that they can free up slots for other destinations? Is it not about time that the Government stopped dithering and made a decision to go ahead with a new runway at Heathrow?