Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 17010

Heathrow Airport: Construction

Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 4 August 2026

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the need for workers from other countries to deliver a third runway at Heathrow airport.

Answer

Keir Mather
The draft Heathrow Expansion Policy Statement, published on the 18th June, requires any future applicant for expansion to assess the scheme's economic impacts, including labour supply effects. This would include consideration of workforce requirements dur...

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