Transport written question – answered at on 11 October 2010.
Alan Haselhurst
Chair, Administration Committee, Chair, Administration Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to encourage BAA to dispose of the properties in the vicinity of Stansted Airport which were purchased with a view to airport expansion.
Theresa Villiers
The Minister of State, Department for Transport
BAA purchased properties in the vicinity of Stansted airport as part of their non-statutory Home Owners Support Scheme to protect eligible home owners from the effects of blight and allow them to opt to sell their homes to BAA and move away in advance of any potential planning consent for a second runway.
The coalition Government have made absolutely clear that they do not support a second runway at Stansted. However, the arrangements to which my right hon. Friend refers were private ones, entered into voluntarily between home owners and BAA. Any disposal of these properties is a matter for the airport operator.
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