Airport Capacity and Airspace Policy

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:50 am on 2 February 2017.

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Photo of Chris Grayling Chris Grayling The Secretary of State for Transport 10:50, 2 February 2017

To be slightly parochial, I can say that those of us who represent Surrey constituencies are well aware of the issues around Gatwick airport and the flight paths that planes have been using there recently. My hope is that the consultation will lead to a system that will enable us to be much more careful about managing flight paths so that we can provide respite to communities and decide exactly how to handle approaches to airports, instead of having a rather haphazard set of flight paths. I can assure my hon. Friend that I think we will end up with a better system for his constituents and those in neighbouring constituencies.