Estimates Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Supplementary Estimates, 2003–04 — Aviation Servives — Department for Transport

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:30 pm on 11 March 2004.

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Photo of Gwyneth Dunwoody Gwyneth Dunwoody Labour, Crewe and Nantwich 1:30, 11 March 2004

I do not in any way disagree with the view that business aviation will not only be a burgeoning field, but will provide very real support to some industries at certain times. But the hon. Gentleman is surely not seriously suggesting that the question of access to major airports for large planes that seat perhaps 150 to 200 people is quite the same as that of offering opportunities for smaller aviation elsewhere in the region. I agree that that issue is vital, but it is not comparable with access to major congested airports.