Airports: London

Lord Kennedy of Southwark Excerpts
Wednesday 16th March 2011

(13 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, we do not take a negative approach to the aviation industry at all, but we have maxed out the capacity of the population around Heathrow Airport to tolerate further expansion. We also need to constrain aviation-related emissions.

Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait Lord Kennedy of Southwark
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My Lords, will the noble Earl take this opportunity completely to dissociate the Government from the ridiculous plans of the Mayor of London to put an airport in the Thames estuary?

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, we do not support any proposed airport in Kent or the Medway.