§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 24 January 2000,Official Report, columns 131–32W, on airline accidents, if new boundaries for public safety zones at airports were defined following the receipt of the advice from NATS Ltd. [108215]
§ Mr. MullinWe have accepted NATS' advice that it is feasible to base public safety zone boundaries on risk contours around airports, and NATS are well advanced with the detailed work to redefine the boundaries for us on this basis. We hope to bring the new boundaries into effect, together with guidance to local planning authorities, in the spring.