§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will have 387W full consultations with all the local authorities concerned before arriving at any decision about building a new airport in North Cheshire.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe suggestion made by consultants that a new airport should be built in North Cheshire is still being considered by the Civil Aviation Authority, which is itself meeting local authorities in the area before making its recommendations to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade. Further action will depend on the substance of its recommendations, but a decision to build a new airport would not be taken without the widest consultation.