Airports National Policy Statement 2018 and Jet Zero Strategy 2022-03-17
2022-03-17
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Q1
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The question arises from the need to reassess aviation policies in light of climate goals.
If he will review the airports national policy statement 2018 following the development of his Department's jet zero strategy.
We will not review the airports national policy statement at this time, but will consider the case again once the jet zero strategy has been finalised and there is more certainty about the longer-term impact of covid on aviation.
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Specific timing or commitment to review the ANPS in light of jet zero
But Will Consider
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Q2
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The chair of the all-party parliamentary group on airport communities seeks clarity on spreading green air travel benefits.
As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on airport communities, I know that many colleagues would like to know whether, in the light of the jet zero strategy, we now have the opportunity to spread the benefits of cleaner air travel to a larger selection of airports across the United Kingdom.
My hon. Friend is quite right that the jet zero strategy provides the opportunity to spread cleaner, greener air travel across all parts of the UK. For example, the UK sustainable aviation fuel industry could create up to 11,000 green jobs while helping to level up with production facilities across the UK. We will be looking at regional aviation in our forthcoming aviation strategy.
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Specific plan or timeline for spreading benefits of cleaner air travel
We Will Be Looking
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The Secretary of State previously committed to review the ANPS, but no action has been taken.
I say in response to the Minister's response to the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds) that the Secretary of State committed to review the airports national policy statement last July. It has to be done urgently. Since it was adopted four years ago, our net zero commitment has become law, we have adopted a carbon budget and we have held the chair of COP26. What we know about the jet zero strategy and the implications and difficulty of delivering sustainable aviation fuels means that the review must surely come sooner rather than later to incentivise change.
The point that the hon. Member misses is that we have also had the jet zero consultation. A number of presentations have come in on that and we need to consider them carefully. There is a lot of interesting work going on and we will respond on that in due course, which will give us the context to consider jet zero and the impact of covid. We will then look at the ANPS again.
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Urgency of reviewing ANPS
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