Airport Capacity

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:21 pm on 25 October 2016.

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Photo of Chris Grayling Chris Grayling The Secretary of State for Transport 1:21, 25 October 2016

It is important to look at the committed outputs. Heathrow airport has committed to an expansion without an increase in the number of motor vehicles using the airport, and to an increase in the number of people accessing the airport by public transport to a level of 55%. That is the objective it has to meet, and it has agreed that it has a financial obligation to get to that point. Some projects are already in train. Crossrail is nearly complete, and the western and southern routes already in Network Rail’s plans will also make a contribution. There is clearly an obligation on the airport to meet those objectives.