§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what will be the matters covered in his promised consultations with Manchester Corporation on the consequences to Manchester Airport of his announcement banning summer jet night flights from Heathrow Airport; and whether he will make a further statement about his estimate of the future level of such flights from Manchester Airport.
§ Mr. NobleI am confident that the demand for night jet movements in the summer of 1972 at Manchester Airport will not increase perceptibly as a result of the ban on summer night jet take-offs at Heathrow.
As I commented in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Waltham-stow, East (Mr. Michael McNair-Wilson) on 8th November, 1971, I am considering the rÉgime to apply at Manchester in 1973 and subsequent years but pending consultation with all the interested parties it is much too early to attempt to estimate the number of summer night jet flights to and from Manchester in 1973 and later.—[Vol. 825, c. 53–4.]