Interesting article in the Independent about the newly-appointed Aviation Minister, Robert Goodwill, who has just replaced Simon Burns and who is on record as being hostile to the idea of expanding Heathrow.
'Three years ago Mr Goodwill, the Tory MP for Scarborough and Whitby, invited six Greenpeace activists to watch as he "twinned" his farm with the village of Sipson, which was threatened with destruction at the time.
He marked the occasion by planting an apple tree and said: "I am delighted the Conservative party and Greenpeace are working together in opposing the third runway at Heathrow."'
New aviation minister Robert Goodwill opposed third runway at Heathrow - News - The Independent