Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Justine Greening Excerpts
Thursday 24th October 2019

(5 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Paul Maynard Portrait Paul Maynard
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The prudent thing for the relevant Minister to do is stick within the airports national policy, which was endorsed by this House with a large majority, and the decision by the House to back a third runway at Heathrow, which was also endorsed by an overwhelming majority.

Justine Greening Portrait Justine Greening (Putney) (Ind)
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Does the Minister at least agree that it is important to give people and local communities the information they need to understand the decision that has been taken? Notwithstanding the Prime Minister’s words in Prime Minister’s questions yesterday, the Department is still pressing ahead with this very unpopular transport project and neither reviewing, nor reversing it.

Paul Maynard Portrait Paul Maynard
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In an attempt to seek some degree of agreement with the right hon. Lady, since I came into this role I have made a point of meeting community groups across the south-east, as well as the airports, to understand their concerns and how we can try to resolve some of the trust deficit that clearly exists between the two sides.