25 January 2011
William Bain (Glasgow North East, Labour): Asked the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects of the Government’s aviation policy on the competitiveness of Heathrow airport as a hub for international air travel over the next decade.
Theresa Villiers (Aviation Minister, Conservative): The Department for Transport plans to issue a scoping document in the spring to take forward the Government’s review of strategy for aviation. The key goals of that strategy include supporting economic growth and protecting Heathrow’s status as a global hub airport, while at the same time addressing the environmental impacts of aviation. The impact of different policy choices on Heathrow will be taken into account as part of our work in further developing our policy on aviation via the process initiated with the scoping document.
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