Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 64090

Airports: National Policy Statements

Tabled: 1 July 2025

Answered: 7 July 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 57460 on Policy, what her planned timetable is for the revision of the National Policy Statement on airport expansion.

Answer

Mike Kane

The government supports airport expansion and has invited proposals for a third runway at Heathrow. It expects any proposals to be brought forward by the summer and is clear that any scheme must be delivered in line with the UK’s legal, climate and enviro...

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