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Airports: Greenhouse Gases

Asked by Siân BerryGreen PartyDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 88126

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the environmental impact assessment for the review of the Airports National Policy Statement will include Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions.

Answered by Keir Mather

The review of the Airports National Policy Statement will include a Strategic Environmental Assessment as part of the Appraisal of Sustainability. This will include consideration of greenhouse gas emissions.

A scheme promoter will then be responsible for producing an environmental impact assessment as part of the development consent order process and this will be considered as part of the Secretary of State’s decision on planning consent.

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