Transport Infrastructure Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Transport Infrastructure

Julian Huppert Excerpts
Tuesday 17th December 2013

(10 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord McLoughlin Portrait Mr McLoughlin
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I am sorry; I missed the last bit of the hon. Lady’s question. [Hon. Members: “When do you think the decision should be made?”] I know that the Transport Committee will be seeing Sir Howard at one of its meetings in the early part of January. I agree with the hon. Lady; we will be responding early next year to the recommendations on which Sir Howard has asked us to come to a view.

Julian Huppert Portrait Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD)
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The Government was absolutely right to scrap Labour’s plans for a third runway at Heathrow. I very much welcomed the Prime Minister’s statement:

“No ifs. No buts. No third runway”.

I assume the Prime Minister meant it. What assurance can the Secretary of State provide that nothing will be done to breach the Committee on Climate Change recommendations?