Heathrow (Third Runway)

My hon. Friend is right. We do not rule out the possibility of airport expansion in the south-east; neither, as he says, are we against flying. Let us return to that 125,000 cap. As I was saying, there is no guarantee as to how long it will last. There is to be a review in 2020 anyway, and it is unlikely that a new runway will even have been built by then. In reality, the Secretary of State's assurance about 125,000 flights takes us no further than the promises that Labour has already made, many years ago.