Laurence Turner

Laurence Turner

Labour — Birmingham Northfield

Speaking in the House of Commons on 22 October 2025

Debate

Heathrow: National Airports Review

Contribution

I draw attention to my chairship of the GMB parliamentary group. As someone who worked on this issue the last time around, I was astonished to hear the Opposition’s flight of fantasy when they accused others of delay. On their watch, the airports commission was artificially delayed until after a general election, with three more years spent producing the current NPS and a further two years tied up in the courts. Can the Secretary of State assure the House that the lessons have been learned from those eight wasted years?

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