Urgent question on Thursday, 7 June 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Justine Greening. The answering member was Jesse Norman.

Heathrow

Urgent question on the potential taxpayer liabilities that the Government have entered into in their statement of principles agreement with Heathrow Airport Ltd.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 642 cc444-452
Session: 2017-19
Department: Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Justine Greening | 642 c445 (Link to this contribution)
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the...; Jesse Norman | 642 c445 (Link to this contribution)
Let me thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Justine Greening) for raising this issue...; Justine Greening | 642 cc445-6 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to the Minister, for whom I have a lot of respect, for coming to the House tod...; Jesse Norman | 642 cc446-7 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend has asked a vast number of questions. If I do not cover all the points that ...; Karl Turner | 642 c447 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) on securing the urgent questio...; Jesse Norman | 642 c447 (Link to this contribution)
Far from this being a bombshell, I am afraid it is the dampest of damp squibs. No indemnification...; Cheryl Gillan | 642 c448 (Link to this contribution)
We have dithered over airport expansion for far too long, and it really has had a damaging effect...; Jesse Norman | 642 c448 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for her question. We have seen many brilliant examples of crowbarrin...; Alan Brown | 642 c448 (Link to this contribution)
I am rather naive. When the Secretary of State for Transport came to the Dispatch Box to present ...; John Bercow | 642 c449 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I am afraid the hon. Gentleman is way over time. If he has a single sentence to add, I am ...; Alan Brown | 642 c449 (Link to this contribution)
I will need to understand the protection of the 15% of new slots for the new domestic routes befo...; Jesse Norman | 642 c449 (Link to this contribution)
The latter point is so far outside the scope of this UQ that I hope the hon. Gentleman will not m...; 642 c449 (Link to this contribution); John Bercow | 642 c449 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I remind the House that there is another urgent question to follow. After that we have the...; Crispin Blunt | 642 c449 (Link to this contribution)
Is my hon. Friend the Minister as astonished as I am that as distinguished a lawyer as the Opposi...; Jesse Norman | 642 c449 (Link to this contribution)
I could say that I could not possibly comment. But it is right to acknowledge that a future Gover...; Karl Turner | 642 c449 (Link to this contribution)
Shocking.; John Bercow | 642 c449 (Link to this contribution)
Order. The day would not be complete without the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl Tu...; Vincent Cable | 642 c450 (Link to this contribution)
Transport for London has estimated that there are liabilities of something in the order of £10 bi...; Jesse Norman | 642 c450 (Link to this contribution)
The answer to that question is, because it is a number that we do not recognise, but if there wer...; Adam Afriyie | 642 c450 (Link to this contribution)
This private company is running rings around the Department for Transport and the Secretary of St...; Jesse Norman | 642 c450 (Link to this contribution)
Of course these statements were not purely in relation to Heathrow; there were several of them, a...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 642 c450 (Link to this contribution)
This was recommended in the 2003 aviation White Paper and confirmed by the consultation in 2008, ...; Jesse Norman | 642 c450 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his very constructive and positive comment, and of course we will ...; Jeremy Quin | 642 c450 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister simply confirm that it is anticipated that private investment will fund the exp...; Jesse Norman | 642 c450 (Link to this contribution)
I know you place a premium on brevity, Mr Speaker, so I will say, yes, and £74 billion to £75 bil...; Andy Slaughter | 642 c450 (Link to this contribution)
The whole process of forcing through the third runway has been the opposite of transparent—from o...; Jesse Norman | 642 c451 (Link to this contribution)
I think that it is perfectly clear that the NPS, a national policy statement, sets the guidelines...; Douglas Ross | 642 c451 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister confirm that my Moray constituents, and indeed regions across the country, will...; Jesse Norman | 642 c451 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, I can. I have visited Heathrow and discussed this issue with the chief executive, and Heathr...; Jonathan Edwards | 642 c451 (Link to this contribution)
Following on from the question from the right hon. Member for Twickenham (Sir Vince Cable), the t...; Jesse Norman | 642 c451 (Link to this contribution)
As the hon. Gentleman will be aware, Heathrow’s connectivity will be very heavily supported. It i...; 642 c451 (Link to this contribution); John Bercow | 642 c451 (Link to this contribution)
Order. If colleagues feel able to focus on the narrow particulars of the urgent question that I g...; Bob Blackman | 642 c452 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend confirm that the offers made to both other competing bids were exactly the sa...; Jesse Norman | 642 c452 (Link to this contribution)
I am not familiar with any changes of the kind my hon. Friend describes. It is true that the stat...; Tom Brake | 642 c452 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister confirm that the Government will not incur any liabilities in relation to an an...; Jesse Norman | 642 c452 (Link to this contribution)
Mr Speaker, we are some way outside the terms of the urgent question, but let me respond to the r...; Jim Shannon | 642 c452 (Link to this contribution)
In papers this week, it has been indicated that airport users could pay up to £20 extra per journ...; Jesse Norman | 642 c452 (Link to this contribution)
Again, we are way off piste, but let me just say that charges are a matter for the Civil Aviation...; John Bercow | 642 c452 (Link to this contribution)
I am extremely grateful to the Minister for his answers, his patience and his characteristic cour...
Subjects: Costs Liability Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport Limited
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