§ Mr. Silvesterasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will describe for each of the five local authority airports listed in paragraph 2.25 of Cmnd. 9063, the extent of interest held by the relevant metropolitan county, and the names and extent of direct interests of other councils in those airports.
§ Mr. David MitchellI understand that the interests are as follows:
Airport Local authorities involved Proportion per cent. Birmingham West Midlands County'Council 100 Leeds/Bradford West Yorkshire County Council 33⅓ Leeds City Council 33⅓ Bradford Metropolitan Council 33⅓ Liverpool Merseyside County Council 100 Manchester Greater Manchester County Council 50 Manchester City Council 50 Newcastle Tyne & Wear County Council 71.6 Northumberland County Council 14.5 Durham County Council 13.9 Source: CIPFA financial statistics.