Question follow-through · 64090

Airports: National Policy Statements

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 57460 on Policy, what her planned timetable is for the revision of the National Policy Statement on airport expansion.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
3 Jul 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 57460 on Policy, what her planned timetable is for the revision of the National Policy Statement on airport expansion.

  2. 3 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The government supports airport expansion and has invited proposals for a third runway at Heathrow. It expects any proposals to be brought forward by the summer and is clear that any scheme must be delivered in line with the UK’s legal, climate and enviro...

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