HC Deb 15 November 1979 vol 973 cc767-8W
Sir Brandon Rhys Williams

asked the Secretary of state for Trade what recent study he has made of the advantages for employment policy of creating new international airports on Severnside and the North rather than in the South-East of Great Britain.

Mr. Tebbit

I understand that the Advisory Committee on Airport Policy has examined the possibility of constructing a major airport on Severnside and of developing other sites outside of the South-East of England. I shall consider these matters when I receive its report.

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