Member

I would also like the Minister’s comments on the question of airport designations. We are talking here—and it is referred to—about designating airports into three categories: “non-coordinated”, “schedules facilitated” and “coordinated” airports, which are those that have slots attached. In the case of Leeds Bradford, which is one of my local airports, these slot provisions will apply only to the summer season. I believe that that is the case there. Could the Minister confirm at what point the designations are reviewed or decided? I have discussed statutory instruments with this Minister before, and we seem always to discuss the same airports. The development of airports is a moving thing, so I just wonder how an airport becomes co-ordinated and eligible to have slots applicable to it.