§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Trade what discussions have taken place between his Department and Manchester Airport Authority on its proposals to build a second runway, and particularly the noise implications of the alternative runway.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State gave him on 2nd December 1975.—[Vol. 901, c.571.] Since then there have been no discussions about the proposed second runway between my Department and the Manchester International Airport Authority.