Articles and Speeches

An Aviation Win - Hopefully
24-Mar-06, Windsor Express Article.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of my job as MP is when the quality of life of residents is improved. This has been an enjoyable week.

For years many residents have lived in the shadow of Heathrow and witnessed a tremendous increase in daytime flights.

The Civil Aviation Bill has been making its way through Parliament for some time and I was delighted when the Lords introduced amendments to stop any increase to the current limit on numbers and aircraft movements.

The Government has now also made a commitment to support the flights limit! It is now my job to keep up the pressure so that they stick to this commitment so I will continue to work alongside my colleagues in Parliament, local campaign groups and HACAN to this end.

And there's more good news this week. Following pressure from myself, HACAN and the RBWM, the Department for Transport has postponed the work to introduce Mixed Mode operations at Heathrow. This is great news because Mixed Mode was seen as the next step towards more flights and greater disturbance for residents.

All in all, this has been a good week for Windsor and all residents affected by noisy aircraft.