The UK government has largely ignored recommendations from a key parliamentary committee about Heathrow airport’s
third runway scheme, the committee’s chair has said, making it much more likely that courts will strike down the project.
Lilian Greenwood, the Labour MP who chairs the Commons transport select committee, said transport secretary Chris Grayling “gave the impression that 24 of our 25 recommendations had been accepted”, but said his comments were just “rhetoric”.
“The reality was that only two or three of our recommendations were actually accepted,” she said. “I suppose at best you could say that the government said they agreed with the spirit of our recommendations and would ensure those matters were dealt with in the [planning] process.”
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