HC Deb 09 May 2000 vol 349 c361W
28. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on access by non-UK carriers to regional airports. [120168]

Mr. Mullin

Since June 1998 all bilateral partners with whom we did not already have liberal air services agreements have been offered unrestricted access to all UK regional airports, so long as UK airlines are also allowed to operate on the same routes. Some 17 countries have accepted the offer, and it has been discussed in virtually all air services negotiations held since June 1998.