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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 June 2026

Debate

Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]

Contribution

I also just want to take a view on the fact that, given that the Government have set out which of the two options for the third runway they prefer, which is the more expensive one, the Government clearly, therefore, have a policy need to deliver an economic regulation model that can fund it. The Government have been very clear, rightly, as I was when I was the Secretary of State, that the CAA does this economic regulation independently, but if they are committed to airport expansion, they have to be convinced that the model the CAA delivers is going to deliver Heathrow Airport.

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