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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Kramer quizzes Attlee on Heathrow
February 19, 2011 11:28 AM
• [Feb 15] Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat): MY Lords, the Minister will be aware that the night-flight regime, which limits night flights at Heathrow, comes to an end in 2012. Given the appalling history of consultations at Heathrow-narrow, biased and incomprehensible-will he meet with MPs and local community groups, or will he ask the Secretary of State to do so, so that a consultation is properly formulated, properly specified and meets the needs and purpose?
Earl Attlee (Whip, House of Lords; Conservative): My Lords, I am confident that my ministerial colleagues have meetings as appropriate. On 7 September, the Minister of State laid a Written Ministerial Statement before Parliament on Heathrow operating procedures. That Statement confirmed that the Government would not approve the introduction of mixed mode, disturb the current arrangements for early-morning runway alternation, westerly preference and night-time rotation of easterly and westerly preference, or reopen the previous Government's decision to end the Cranford agreement.
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