John McDonnell
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(9 years ago)
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Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)
As a member of the Transport Select Committee, I have to observe that the Government have got themselves into a rather big hole on this issue. At least, however, they have my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport, a former miner, to dig them out of it. Can my right hon. Friend assure me that this decision will be taken in the early summer and that it will look favourably at the Davies commission, which made a clear recommendation to build a third runway at Heathrow?
Mr McLoughlin
The shadow Chancellor says stop digging. He should learn lessons from his own shouting from a sedentary position.
Mr McLoughlin
Oh, that was a good one; I will put that in my book.
As for the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies), the important part of the Davies commission recommendations was having the extra capacity in place by 2030. I believe, given what I have said today, that we are on schedule to be able to deliver that extra capacity by 2030.