Question follow-through · 26216
Airports: National Policy Statements
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to update the policy paper entitled Airports National Policy Statement, published on 5 June 2018, to reflect the net zero targets set out in legislation.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 31 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to update the policy paper entitled Airports National Policy Statement, published on 5 June 2018, to reflect the net zero targets set out in legislation.
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government has invited proposals for a third runway at Heathrow to be brought forward by the summer. Once proposals have been received, the government will review the Airports National Policy Statement in line with the requirements of the Planning Act...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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