§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what steps he is taking to investigate premature press leaks of confidential and market-sensitive material relating to the findings of the Terminal Five Planning Inspector's report. [142060]
§ Ms Beverley HughesWhile there has been some speculative media comment about the findings of the Heathrow Terminal Five Inquiry Inspector's report there is nothing to suggest that the report or its contents has been leaked. The Inspector has not yet delivered his report to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out his timetable for ministerial review and decisions on the Heathrow Terminal Five planning inquiry and for reporting to Parliament on the inquiry. [142061]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe Public Inquiry into the proposed fifth terminal at Heathrow closed in March 1999. The Inquiry Inspector said he intended to deliver his report within two years of the end of the Inquiry but he hoped to improve on that. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions recognises the need to bring this matter to a conclusion but the report will require full and careful consideration when it is received. It is not yet possible to say when the decision will be issued.