Lord Berkeley
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(13 years, 2 months ago)
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Earl Attlee
My Lords, the Government have set up the South East Airports Task Force to look at how we can make airports in the south-east better, but not bigger.
Lord Berkeley
My Lords, since the Government claim to be the greenest Government ever and have announced the construction of a high-speed railway line, will they also take forward their airline policy by restricting demand so that the CO2 emissions are reduced with the use of less environmentally polluting means?
Earl Attlee
My Lords, we are indeed restricting demand: we are not authorising a third runway at Heathrow Airport or anywhere else in the south-east.