The Earl of Caithnessasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they propose to publish their 30-year plan for aviation. [HL1335]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)We announced inA New Deal for Transport (Cm 3950) that we will prepare a UK airports policy looking some 30 years ahead and that in doing so we will take account of the inspector's report on the Heathrow Terminal 5 inquiry. After the Secretary of State has received the inspector's report, the Government will need to consider it carefully before we can come to decisions on his recommendations and can publish the new airports policy. In the meantime we are pressing ahead with preparatory studies needed for the review of airports policy.