HC Deb 10 March 1989 vol 148 cc56-7W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment has been made of the impact of the Channel tunnel on air traffic between London, Paris and Brussels; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Estimates of the likely effects of the Channel tunnel are available in the Department's recently published forecasts of air traffic. For reasons given in the forecast report, the London-Brussels and London-Paris routes are expected to be heavily affected.

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