HC Deb 23 February 1971 vol 812 cc104-5W
115. Mr. Tilney

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has calculated what public money might be saved if an existing estuarial airport was chosen for a third London or national airport rather than any of the sites looked at by the Roskill Commission.

Mr. Noble

No. There is no evidence that any existing estuarial airport could at all conveniently cater for the growth of traffic which has its origin and destinations in the South East.