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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 November 2024

Debate

Transport Infrastructure: North of England

Contribution

My Lords, Manchester Airport is planning for an expansion of 150% in passenger numbers. Stansted wants to increase from 28 million passengers to 43 million. Leeds Bradford Airport has been looking for a 75% increase in passenger numbers. Yet, in July, the Committee on Climate Change told the Government that they must: “Stop airport expansion without a UK-wide capacity-management framework”. Is this not just more public money going into what have to be white elephants in terms of both demand and, crucially, our need to cut our climate emissions, particularly in terms of the promise that Sir Keir Starmer just made at COP 29?

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