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Written Question
Heathrow Airport Limited
Tuesday 19th June 2018

Asked by: Justine Greening (Independent - Putney)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates (a) his Ministerial team and (b) officials of his Department have met with representatives of Heathrow Airport Limited as a result of the process to develop the Airports National Policy Statement since 2015.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

Work to develop the proposed Airports National Policy Statement has been conducted by the Airport Capacity Programme in the Department for Transport. Neither officials nor ministers at HM Treasury have met representatives of Heathrow Airport Limited as part of this work.

Meetings with Heathrow Airport Limited on other topics have been conducted in accordance with the Department for Transport’s Statement of Approach, which is available online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-approach-for-the-revised-draft-airports-national-policy-statement

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"I beg to move,

That this House has considered social mobility and the economy.

Most of our debates in this place are about problems, but today, I want to have a debate about solutions. Improving our poor social mobility is this country’s biggest challenge, and our biggest opportunity. Britain will …..."
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Social Mobility and the Economy

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Social Mobility and the Economy

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 28 Mar 2018
Social Mobility and the Economy

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 28 Mar 2018
Social Mobility and the Economy

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Social Mobility and the Economy

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Social Mobility and the Economy

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Social Mobility and the Economy

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Social Mobility and the Economy

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