Airports: Heathrow

Baroness O'Cathain Excerpts

Monday 31st January 2011 Lords Chamber

[Earl Attlee]

My Lords, it is not relevant. Heathrow experienced 16 centimetres of snow in one hour. It does not matter who owns it; the airport will come to a stop in those circumstances.

[Baroness O'Cathain]

My Lords, will my noble friend the Minister confirm that Heathrow was actually purchased by the Spanish company under the previous Government, so the supplementary question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Gavron, should really focus on lessons to be learnt rather than on encouraging people to think that we were responsible?

[Earl Attlee]

My noble friend is, of course, absolutely right.