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HANSARDAirport ExpansionThere has been a lot of AI news in the press today. I say gently to the right hon. Gentleman that I grew up under a flightpath in my home town in Wythenshawe and Sale East. I grew…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI also understand that you can have a good old party on the ferry from the port of Tyne to Amsterdam—I do not know whether my hon. Friend has taken it. He is exactly right. If we…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy right hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for his constituents, but there is no DCO at the moment and we do not know the impact—that will be a matter for Heathrow or a third…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThat last one floored me ever so slightly. “Delphic”, the hon. Member says—or ambiguous and obscure, which is slightly like Liberal Democrat policies on aviation. They are one…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy hon. Friend is exactly right. Our four tests remain, and they have to be passed. Again, we are speculating that a development consent order will come before us. I am sure that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy hon. Friend is exactly right. I am not usually quite so divisive at the Dispatch Box, but we inherited such a broken system it is almost untrue, such are the things we are…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI thank the Chair of the Transport Committee for her question. The airports national planning framework under the last Government has not been updated for some time, and we will…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI cannot comment on the third runway because there is no development consent order before us, but the hon. Lady makes an extraordinarily valid point about noise. That is why the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionFor too long and on too many issues, this nation just has not made the tough decisions. When it comes to airport expansion, our world-class aviation sector, admired across the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI have to say, my hon. Friend is so tenacious on this matter that I sometimes go pale when I meet her in the Division Lobby, because every day she asks after it. She is such a…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI thank my hon. Friend for his support for growth at our ports, which includes our maritime ports. There is £63 million for the advanced fuels fund and £1 billion for the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy hon. Friend is exactly right: we have to join up the modes of transport. We have had a broken transport system as a result of 14 years of complete under-investment. Whether we…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI say again what I said earlier: capacity in London is at 76% on average, and at 95% at Gatwick and Heathrow. What is the Liberal Democrat answer to that? Do we not want people to…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI support the Chancellor’s pursuit of growth. For too long, we have been stagnant, and we know that this area can provide growth. I have seen that in my constituency, as I have…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI can assure the hon. Gentleman of that. SAF was stuck in the muck under the last Government; we waited years for announcements, and we have done more on that in six months than…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI could not agree more with the right hon. Member, though it pains me to say it. We have five great northern runways stretching from John Lennon to Manchester, Leeds Bradford and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI have spoken to the right hon. Member about Manston in opposition and in government. We wait to see what will be brought forward there, but it could be an exciting opportunity,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI thank my hon. Friend for his chairmanship of the Environmental Audit Committee, of which I was a proud member for many years, looking at the circular economy, which this…28 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements etc.) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements etc.) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your…27 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements etc.) Regulations 2025Thank you. Let’s get down to business. The regulations will be made under powers conferred by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, also known as the REUL Act. The…27 Jan 2025