Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, what steps they are taking following the 2019 consultation on the future of aviation.

The 2019 consultation on the Future of Aviation took place before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In response to the impact presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government is developing a new forward looking strategic framework which will focus on the recovery of the aviation sector. It will explore the return to growth of the aviation sector, which will include consideration of workforce and skills, regional connectivity, noise, innovation and regulation, and consumer issues. We will also consider climate change and decarbonisation. We aim to publish this framework later this year.