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Sport: Funding
Tuesday 4th November 2014

(9 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Kramer Portrait Baroness Kramer
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My Lords, working from my transport brief, we look frequently at connectivity for airports and recognise that all transport has an important role to play in economic growth.

Lord Swinfen Portrait Lord Swinfen (Con)
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My Lords, what consideration is being given to the expansion of Manston Airport, which has good rail and road communications with London and could easily mop up a lot of the unemployment on the Isle of Thanet?

Baroness Kramer Portrait Baroness Kramer
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My Lords, I have to confess a lack of knowledge on that question, and I will gladly write to your Lordships.

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