Question follow-through · 91164
Heathrow Airport: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what metrics will be included in the four tests on Heathrow expansion and how these will be applied to the proposal.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what metrics will be included in the four tests on Heathrow expansion and how these will be applied to the proposal.
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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24 Nov 2025
Answer published
As part of the review of the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) the government will consider how any proposed scheme for Heathrow Expansion will meet the four clear tests on economic growth, climate, air quality, and noise and whether any metrics a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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