§ Mr. Michael Shersby (Uxbridge)I beg to ask leave to present a petition on behalf of certain of the councillors of the London borough of Hillingdon, being the elected representatives of the people of the Hillingdon north, Hillingdon east, Hillingdon west, Ickenham, Uxbridge north and Uxbridge south wards of that borough.
The Petitioners wish to draw the attention of the House to the fact that the British Airports Authority is making proposals to the Secretary of State for Defence for increasing the existing average number of civil aircraft movements daily at Royal Air Force Northolt within the permitted upper limit of 28 movements per day and that were such an increase to be approved it would result in an unacceptable level of aircraft noise and damage to the environment in the heavily populated residential areas of Hillingdon, Ickenham and Uxbridge, within my constituency.
The petition states:
Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your Honourable House will introduce legislation designed to regulate the expansion of civil aviation including the use of small jet aircraft for business travel in such a way as to ensure that it is accommodated at either existing civil airports or at other airports where increased movements will not constitute a threat to the environment of adjoining residential areas.
§ To lie upon the Table.
1237§ Mr. Harry Greenway (Ealing, North)On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Due to the potentially grave impact on my constituency of an expansion of Northolt airport, can I associate myself with that Petition?
§ Mr. SpeakerOrder. The hon. Gentleman must not do that.