Aviation: Policy

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Excerpts
Monday 23rd July 2012

(11 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, we have published our aviation policy framework for consultation and we will release the call for evidence later this year.

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Portrait Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
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My Lords, since the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, has raised the issue of spare capacity at airports outside Heathrow, would the Minister not agree that Stansted, for example, has had its capacity increased very considerably and that that capacity has not been taken up? Would he not further agree, therefore, that the airlines are very unlikely to have any particular wish to make Stansted a seriously larger airport than it is now?