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Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has developed contingency plans to respond to potential legal challenges to the proposed expansion to Heathrow airport.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
11 Mar 2025
Answer
11 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has developed contingency plans to respond to potential legal challenges to the proposed expansion to Heathrow airport.

  2. 11 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government will take all necessary and appropriate actions to ensure a sound legal basis for its decisions.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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