HC Deb 27 January 1971 vol 810 c127W
88. Mr. Proudfoot

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will examine Thorne Waste, Yorkshire, with a view to assessing it as a site for an international airport, as suggested by the West Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

Mr. Peter Walker

No. Any such examination of an individual site would be premature until decisions have been reached upon a third London Airport, the need or otherwise of an inter-continental airport east of the Pennines, a regional airport pattern; and similar considerations.