Originally Posted by
southside bobby
Any devolution of APD whilst theoretically possible will be a token gesture impossible to be enacted upon.
Considering all parties in the Senned support APD being devolved and I would doubt that it would struggle to. The Welsh government has said once it would be devolved they would then do a review of whether to abolish it or reduce it which would include an environmental impact. I doubt very much people in Wales are going to complain if Cardiff gets more busier especially as many constantly complain that it isn't. As a country Wales can still be environmentally friendly with a vibrant and busy airport. Of course though the climate thing is a good excuse for the UK government to continue to refuse to devolve APD and protect English airports. It will be interesting to see if the Welsh Affairs committee rule that APD should be devolved to Wales how the UK government will respond.