Airports: Heathrow Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Airports: Heathrow

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Monday 31st January 2011

(13 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, I listened with great care to what the noble Lord said today and last week. The Civil Aviation Authority is taking forward work to understand more fully the impact of disruption on passengers to help to inform a decision on whether regulatory change is needed to balance the cost of disruption to passengers and business against the cost of dealing with severe weather.

Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours
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My Lords, if the owners have no money, surely ownership is very relevant.

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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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.