Civil Aviation Bill

No, I have nearly finished. Our conclusion, following consultation, was that such involvement of local authorities in non-designated airports’ noise control measures would be too bureaucratic, given the existence of the power to designate an airport should its voluntary amelioration measures be inadequate. The Government remain of that view; local authorities have a statutory right to be included in the consultative arrangements made by airports designated under section 35 of the 1982 Act.