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Transport written question – answered at on 1 June 2009.

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Photo of Justine Greening Justine Greening Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government), Vice-Chair (Youth), Conservative Party

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter of 8 November 2008 he received from Colin Matthews of BAA on the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Jim Fitzpatrick Jim Fitzpatrick Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The chief executive of BAA, Colin Matthews, wrote to the Secretary of State for Transport on 28 November 2008. The content of his letter was widely reported in the media and BAA issued a press release on the matter which contains the substance of the letter. The press release is titled "Heathrow Airport puts environmental limits before new flights" and can be accessed in the 'News releases' section of:

www.heathrowairport.com

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John Byng
Posted on 2 Jun 2009 11:36 am (Report this annotation)

I am disturbed by this reply because it fails to place a copy of the letter in question on record. Instead it asserts that a press release from BAA contains the substance of the letter.

How do we know that the Press Release has not left out something interesting or embarassing?

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