Lydd Airport expansion inquiry to last 13 weeks

7 February 2011 A public inquiry into plans to expand Lydd Airport in Kent is scheduled to last 13 weeks and will include a week of site visits. Shepway District Council approved the £25 million expansion plan after a seven-hour Council meeting in March 2010 after...

Aviation safety

7 February 2011 Jim Cunningham (Coventry South, Labour): Asked the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the likely effects on travel safety of implementation of the European Aviation Safety Agency’s recent proposals for legislation;...

Aviation – European Commission actions

7 February 2011 Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire, Conservative): Asked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what representations he has received on the European Aviation Safety Agency’s proposals to standardise flight time limitations across the EU; (2)...

Aviation disruption due to severe weather

 7 February 2011 Anne McIntosh (Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Conservative): Asked the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on disruption of air travel; and if he will make a statement. Theresa...

Heathrow Airport – night flying

7 February 2011 Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park, Conservative): Asked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what criteria will be used in the review of restrictions on night flights at Heathrow Airport after October 2012; (2) what timetable he has set for the...