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Heathrow Airport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Heathrow Airport (a) expansion and (b) increased flight traffic on reducing emissions to meet net-zero targets.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
11 Feb 2025
Answer
11 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Heathrow Airport (a) expansion and (b) increased flight traffic on reducing emissions to meet net-zero targets.

  2. 11 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The government is committed to reaching net zero by 2050 and meeting our climate change obligations, as set out in the Climate Change Act. Delivering greener transport to help make Britain a clean energy superpower is a Department for Transport priority. ...

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