§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Trade if the effects of the growing shortage of oil on the future levels of air traffic likely to use London airports have been fully taken into account in the process of determining the need for a third London airport in the last decades of the twentieth century.
§ Mr. TebbitThis is an important factor in the work which is proceeding on future airports capacity.
§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Trade what studies have been undertaken recently to determine future airport requirements in the United Kingdom; and whether any recommendations are likely to be published in 1979.
§ Mr. TebbitThe Advisory Committee on Airports Policy is studying this matter, and I expect to receive its advice in the autumn.