Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 69862

Airports: National Policy Statements

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for each stage of (a) consulting on and (b) ratifying the updated Airports National Policy Statement.

Answer

Mike Kane
The Government published a letter to potential promoters inviting proposals for a third runway at Heathrow to be brought forward by the summer. The government is now assessing the proposals against the criteria set out in the letter. Once this is complete...

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