Airport extension ban rejected

Oct 1 2007 by Haydon Wood, Liverpool Daily Post

DAVID CAMERON has squashed controversial Tory proposals to block all airport expansions, pending a review of their damaging impact on climate change.

He insisted all planned expansions, including at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport, should “go through the planning system in the proper way”.

Instead, Conserva-tive plans to curb air travel would be restricted to taxing aircraft, rather than penalising passengers through air passenger duty.

The conference suffered an early hiccup when shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague’s speech was delayed by 30 minutes by sound problems.