§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what reply has been made to the letter under the heading "Gatwick Airport: Second Terminal" which was sent on 4 May by the town clerk of Manchester on behalf of the North of England Regional Consortium to the Regional Controller (Planning) of his Department's South-East regional office; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe letter has been acknowledged but no reply has yet been sent to the town clerk of Manchester's letter of 4 May written on behalf of the North of England Regional Consortium. This letter was one of a number received on the subject of the second terminal at Gatwick airport; these letters are now being considered 141W along with all other representations by my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Trade.