Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation by the House of Lords Licensing Act 2003 Committee that the “designation of airports as international airports for the purposes of section 173 of the Licensing act 2003 should be revoked".

The Government has noted the Select Committee’s recommendation that the designation of airports as international airports for the purposes of section 173 of the Licensing Act 2003 should be revoked. The Government will publish its response in due course.