Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Airport Capacity
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Airport Capacity
"My Lords, I declare an interest as someone who has for 30 years represented some of those people who accept 500,000 flights a year over their heads and do their bit for the national interest. Will my noble friend consider that expanding Heathrow will increase foreign monopoly-owned power and weaken …..."Lord True - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 23rd July 2015
Asked by:
Lord True (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations, if any, they have received from the government of Qatar or Qatari state agencies about the potential expansion of Heathrow Airport.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Airport expansion in the South East of England has been discussed by British and Qatari officials as part of wider exchanges on investment in the UK in the normal course of business. We have not had any formal representations from the State of Qatar on this issue.
Written Question
Thursday 23rd July 2015
Asked by:
Lord True (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations, if any, they have received from the government of China or Chinese state agencies about the potential expansion of Heathrow Airport.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
To ensure our long term connectivity needs can be met, the previous Government established the independent Airports Commission to identify and recommend to Government options for maintaining this country’s status as an international hub for aviation. Three options for expansion were shortlisted by the Commission for further examination.
I am not aware of Her Majesty’s Government receiving any representations from the government of China or Chinese state agencies about the potential expansion of Heathrow Airport.
Written Question
Thursday 23rd July 2015
Asked by:
Lord True (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed the possible expansion of Heathrow with representatives of the government of China or Chinese state agencies in preparing for the state visit of the President of China in October.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
To ensure our long term connectivity needs can be met, the previous Government established the independent Airports Commission to identify and recommend to Government options for maintaining this country’s status as an international hub for aviation. Three options for expansion were shortlisted by the Commission for further examination.
I am not aware of Her Majesty’s Government receiving any representations from the government of China or Chinese state agencies about the potential expansion of Heathrow Airport.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2013
Growth and Infrastructure Bill
"My Lords, I hesitate to take exception to any remark made by my noble friend, who I have admired and worked with for so many years, but local authorities are charged with the responsibility of administering the planning system and have knowledge of so doing. It is hardly surprising—in my …..."Lord True - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2013
Growth and Infrastructure Bill
"I thank my noble friend for giving way. I absolutely did not make that suggestion and certainly not of my noble friend. I was saying to my noble friend Lord Jenkin that I hoped he would not suggest that we should dismiss the comments of the local authorities...."Lord True - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2013
Growth and Infrastructure Bill
"My Lords, I have an amendment in this group, which the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, has effectively summarised in the points made. I do not pretend that the specific wording or format is necessarily correct, but none the less the broad principle enshrined in it, and in what the noble …..."Lord True - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2013
Growth and Infrastructure Bill
"My Lords, I am certain that my noble friend will not succumb to the blandishments of the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie. In a way, reluctantly, I have to say that from my feelings at Second Reading, I think that she would be right to resist his temptations. This Bill as …..."Lord True - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 10 Jul 2012
Local Government Finance Bill
"My Lords, the noble Earl has raised a number of issues and I know that my noble friend will respond. That will be important because as business rates take the burden over the coming years these issues will become matters of considerable controversy and potentially democratic controversy. Knowing the noble …..."Lord True - View Speech
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