Seema Malhotra
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(9 years, 5 months ago)
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Mr McLoughlin
I think we are making good progress on HS2, but there have been delays on large infrastructure projects. I would like to see a consensus build on some of these issues, but it is very difficult.
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston) (Lab/Co-op)
My constituents are very divided on this issue, not least because thousands of households depend on Heathrow for employment but are also very affected by noise and by air pollution. One area where there is unity is on the need for the future of Heathrow to be secured. Will the Secretary of State rule out today any future proposal by the hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) that we should close Heathrow and that there should be a Thames estuary island, or any other similar measure?
Mr McLoughlin
Those things were looked at by the commission. It produced its report and recommendations and it is on that report and those recommendations that the Government will take action.