Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Answer of 13 September 2023 to Oral Question 906407 from the Member for St Albans, whether the Government plans to accept the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee that there should be no further airport expansion until a capacity management framework is in place.

The Government’s existing policy frameworks for airport planning – the Airports National Policy Statement and Making Best Use of existing runways policy – provide a robust and balanced framework for airports to grow sustainably.

Any planning application submitted by an airport will be judged by the relevant planning authority, taking careful account of all relevant considerations, including environmental impacts and proposed mitigations.

The Government is considering the CCC recommendations carefully and will be responding in due course.