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HANSARDAirport 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. 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 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 ExpansionThere is always a trade-off to be had, if applications come forward, between noise, carbon and growing our economy. We recognise that Heathrow has operated at over 95% capacity…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionWe have made tough decisions about the phasing out of internal combustion engines up to 2030. When I visited Newcastle airport, I saw a wonderful operation—it is also producing…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 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 ExpansionI agree. As I have said, airports that make the right decisions in the next few years on improving the airspace and improving their connectivity through surface access all have…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 ExpansionWell, the brass neck! The last Government crashed the economy, sending mortgages through the roof, and called an early election to avoid having to make difficult decisions.…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI know that the hon. Member feels passionately about the issue of airport expansion, but I would like to make it clear that the press stories that have generated this urgent…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI think that that involves fixing the problems with Eurostar. We are seeing others coming into that market, and European Union colleagues are running overnight long-distance train…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionWhat a terrific question. [ Interruption. ] Well, it is. It hits the mark, in that there is a trade-off between noise, carbon and growing our economy for our people. Airports…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 ExpansionThat is the problem when a new Member is called last, but he is agile—mentally on his feet—to get that in. We are investing in hydrogen zero-emission technology, with £1 billion…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThere is no DCO currently. If one comes forward, I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman will make his voice heard.28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He is a very good campaigner for his local airport and for the public service obligation flights out of that airport. Not making these tough…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 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question and, even from this Lancastrian, for his chairmanship of the APPG for Yorkshire. I will say a couple of things. We have five great…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 2025