Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform written question – answered at on 11 May 2009.
Patricia Hewitt
Labour, Leicester West
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
(1) what assessment he has made of the cost to East Midlands Airport of the introduction of administered incentive pricing for aeronautical radio spectrum;
(2) what estimate he has made of the individual cost to passengers using East Midlands Airport of administered incentive pricing for aeronautical radio spectrum if the full cost is passed on by airlines.
Pat McFadden
Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs), Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
The matter raised is the responsibility of the independent regulator, the Office of Communications (ofcom), which is accountable to Parliament rather than Ministers. Accordingly, I have asked the chief executive of Ofcom to reply directly to my right hon. Friend. Copies of the chief executive's letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
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