Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to couple any expansion of airport capacity with steps to ensure that targets for the reduction of domestic carbon dioxide emissions from homes, workplaces and ground transport are increased to ninety per cent, as recommended by the Committee on Climate Change.

The Coalition Agreement for Government rules out current airport expansion in the South East for the life of this Parliament. It will be for the Government of the day to consider the environmental impacts, including CO₂ emissions, of any proposed expansion with reference to the Airports Commission recommendations on options for maintaining this country’s status as an international hub for aviation.