Notable also that the new Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, is on record as supporting a u-turn on Heathrow as recently as last week:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9499565/Another-Tory-minister-demands-u-turn-on-Heathrow.html
"Owen Paterson, the Northern Ireland Secretary, made the call at a Cabinet meeting shortly before the summer recess. He fears that economic growth in Northern Ireland will be hit if Heathrow does not expand quickly.
Mr Paterson is the latest in a growing list of Conservatives urging David Cameron to drop his opposition to another runway at the London airport"