I have answered that question already. Actually, we have set out plans to build a new Heathrow rail hub, close to the airport, enabling many people to get the train directly from their home town to the airport; connecting Heathrow directly to the main Great Western main line; and enabling people living in cities as far apart as Bristol, Exeter, Cardiff and Swansea to get a train directly from their home town to the airport. That is an effective strategy to reduce congestion and nitrogen oxide emissions, in the absence of the Government's having proposed any effective strategy at all. Let us look at the record. BAA has yet to—
Heathrow (Third Runway)
Proceeding contribution from
Theresa Villiers
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 28 January 2009.
It occurred during Opposition day on Heathrow (Third Runway).
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