Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Leader of the House on how long the Airports National Policy Statement will be debated for.
The Secretary of State met with the Leader of the House on 27 March to discuss airport expansion and the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement. Any debate and vote must be held within the 21 sitting days of the proposed Airports National Policy Statement being laid in Parliament, with the last sitting day being 9 July. The Leader will announce business in the normal way.