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HANSARDAirport ExpansionI thank the right reverend Prelate for her question. The best thing the Government can do is move forward on this for the first time. The debate about the third runway has been…11 Nov 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionWell, what can I say to my noble friend, who not only asks this question but gives all the answers as well? I think that will do.11 Nov 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI thank the noble Lord for that. That is a premature request, because he will know—and maybe the rest of the House does as well—that the two schemes being taken forward are…11 Nov 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy Lords, the Climate Change Committee, CCC, is the independent adviser to the Government on climate change commitments, including aviation. The Government have committed to…11 Nov 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThis Government are making huge efforts to make the aviation industry more sustainable. There is a Bill before the House on the sustainable aviation fuel policy. The Government…11 Nov 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI thank my noble friend for his question. The sustainable aviation fuel mandate, which is already in force, seeks to reduce aviation emissions by up to 2.7 of a unit that I cannot…11 Nov 2025HANSARDProtection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Definition of Relevant Land) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their consideration of this draft order. I am grateful for the scrutiny and interest shown in ensuring that our railway and car parking…10 Nov 2025HANSARDProtection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Definition of Relevant Land) (Amendment) Order 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Definition of Relevant Land) (Amendment) Order 2025. Relevant document: 36th Report from the Secondary…10 Nov 2025HANSARDProtection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Definition of Relevant Land) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, the purpose of this draft order is to extend Schedule 4 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which I shall refer to as the POFA to save time. This will ensure that…10 Nov 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayMy noble friend raises a point that has been raised here before. The Government have put themselves out, as they should, to support the reopening of Doncaster Airport, and of…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayMy noble friend raises an important point. The history of airport expansion in Britain is not particularly happy, and a number of proposals have taken a very long time. Indeed,…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayA number of noble Lords are re-running the debate we had on Monday evening. The noble Lord is right that 72% of UK air freight by value goes through Heathrow because it is the…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayI had a feeling that fish and books would come up again because they came up on Monday. Of course, value and size are two different things. The point of an international hub…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayMy noble friend is right that the carbon footprint of building a third runway and operating the airport is significant. The Government have made it clear that any proposed scheme…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayMy Lords, Heathrow expansion will support UK competitiveness and economic growth. In June, the Secretary of State invited proposals; several were received, and two remain under…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayThe launch of the Airports National Policy Statement review on 22 October is one of the significant steps that the Government are taking to support the expansion of Heathrow. The…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayThe noble Baroness will know that, on Monday evening in this House, we discussed the Statement made in another place on Heathrow. She is right—I said so then, and I will say so…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayI am sure the noble Lord will recognise that it would be unusual for a Minister to commit from the Dispatch Box to buying somebody’s property, but the noble Lord’s more serious…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewThe noble Lord refers to rail connections, which we have already touched on in this debate, and it is quite clear that the two promoters of the schemes will have to address…27 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewMy Lords, I think the place to start here is to say that it is quite clear that having more capacity for an airport that has been at capacity for two decades is a really important…27 Oct 2025