HC Deb 08 November 1978 vol 957 c222W
41. Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what discussions he has had with Manchester airport authority to see that any hard core for improving its runway is obtained from existing waste tips, and is not quarried specially, and that any such hard core is transported by rail rather than road.

Mr. Guy Barnett

Neither I nor my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport has had discussions with the airport authority. The issues are properly for consideration by the airport authority and its contractor and we cannot intervene.