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HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewAs I said in answer to a previous question, the work that the UK airspace design service will do to modernise our airspace will start with the London area. It will not be limited…22 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewAs I said in response to a similar question from my hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Fleur Anderson), we will review the noise requirements set out in the current NPS and the…22 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewOne of the four tests relates to economic growth across the whole of the UK, and when I talk about the whole of the UK, I mean the whole of the UK. I hope that provides the hon.…22 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewThe ANPS will provide the policy framework against which any future planning application is assessed. As I have said to other hon. Members, when a planning application comes…22 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewWe are at the start of this process, and I am as ambitious for the whole UK as the hon. Gentleman is. We will look at the economic impact through the ANPS review. If a scheme…22 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewMy hon. Friend is a fine champion for his constituency and the fantastic city of Edinburgh. An expanded Heathrow could open up more regional connectivity to cities such as…22 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewI totally agree with my hon. Friend. Let us be honest—it was not just eight wasted years, it was 14. I repeat what I said earlier: it comes to something that the previous Prime…22 Oct 2025HANSARDGreater Anglia: Transfer of Services into Public OwnershipI can confirm to the House that yesterday, Sunday 12 October, Greater Anglia’s services became the third to successfully transfer into public ownership under the Passenger Railway…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend is a great champion of the communities he represents, and I can assure him that the Government are investing in Wales’s future to drive economic growth. We continue…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthI was very pleased that the Chancellor announced in the spending review that we would move ahead with the M54-M6 link road. As the then Roads Minister, my hon. Friend the Member…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthThe scale and significance of the proposed Universal Studios development in Bedfordshire is huge, and its success will undoubtedly be dependent on modern, sustainable transport…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthI assure my hon. Friend that we are committed to driving economic growth in all areas, not only the large city regions. York and North Yorkshire combined authority will receive…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will talk to the Rail Minister and ask him to meet my hon. Friend. We cannot have a leaking roof in Luton station.11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend will know that ferry services run on a private sector basis to meet local demand, and funding for local ferry services is a matter for local partners, including…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthWe have made some progress on the proposed eastern leg of HS2, which had been due to run up to Sheffield, but the previous Government cancelled it. During the summer, I made…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthI would be very happy to have those discussions across Government. I believe the local authority met recently to consider whether it could provide any support to fill the funding…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthI understand the point that the hon. Lady is making. If I may, I will write to her with details about that junction on the A483.11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthWe are still funding drainage works and survey work on the Dawlish line. Four phases of work have already been completed. The cliffs are much more resilient than they were a…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthWe have frozen fuel duty—that is what we have done. We have also invested £1.5 billion this year to fix potholes—a record amount of money—which will fix the equivalent of 7…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthLet me congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his appointment. I know he has experience as a Transport Minister. And, of course, he had extensive experience of travelling the…11 Sept 2025