HC Deb 26 May 1989 vol 153 c800W
Mr. Heddle

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Staffordshire of 18 May,Official Report, column 276, what methods of assessment and forms of monitoring are being adopted by his Department to assess how far local authorities are co-operating actively and fully in the ownership, development, management and running of airports.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Ministers and officials frequently discuss these and other matters with local authority airport representatives.