Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 March 2017.
Michelle Thomson
Independent, Edinburgh West
12:00,
30 March 2017
I thank the Secretary of State for his answer. I acknowledge that the night flight proposals extend only to the three London airports, but given the anticipated growth in night flights generally, does that not seem rather short-sighted? We want such growth in airports because of the gross value added that that brings, but we have to recognise the rights of constituents everywhere, including those in Scotland.
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