Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Keir Mather and Luke Evans

Thursday 29th October 2026 Commons Chamber

[Keir Mather]

This Government welcome the £1.1 billion investment into Stansted by Manchester Airports Group, which will transform the airport and provide wider benefits to the local area, including Harlow, for which my hon. Friend is a determined champion. The investment is a great example of the conditions for growth in the aviation sector that this Government have created. It is going to support jobs, local businesses and skills, with the planned expansion of Stansted airport college in collaboration with Harlow college, supported by £5 million of funding by the Department for Education. This shows that the Government have a strategy that is delivering for both the aviation sector more broadly and for communities like Harlow.

[Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth) (Con)]

9. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the DVLA’s performance levels.