Planning Bill

I declare an interest, which is in the register, as a consultant to the Thames Estuary Airport Company. I must correct the noble Lord. The mayor’s proposal is not a revival of the Maplin Sands project; it is for the construction of an entirely new island in the Thames estuary, where there is no airport at all at the moment. This project has gained a good deal of support. However, the mayor is not reviving Maplin, and we should make that clear.