§ Miss HoeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to give the Civil Aviation Authority obligations in law to consider environmental factors in areas other than aerodrome licensing. [2]
§ Mr. BowisMy right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Transport and for Defence have given directions to the Civil Aviation Authority under section 72(2) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982. These require the CAA to collaborate in ensuring that air navigation services are, subject to securing the safe operation of aircraft, planned, provided and operated so as to take account—among other things—of the need to mitigate as far as possible the environmental impact of civil aircraft operations and, in particular, the disturbance to the public arising from aircraft noise, vibration and pollution.