Question follow-through · 8838
Stansted Airport: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of projected annual carbon emissions from Stansted airport.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Macquarie Group: Aviation · 24 Jan 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of projected annual carbon emissions from Stansted airport.
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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22 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government is not opposed to airport expansion as long as it contributes to economic growth and is compatible with strict environmental standards. We are committed to achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 and have made early progress on sustainab...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Macquarie Group: Aviation
24 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations from Macquarie Group on increasing the number of flights (a) to and (b) from UK airports.