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Biography information for Lord Mawhinney – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Lord Mawhinney on 2016-09-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what timeframe is envisaged by the ministerial use of the word shortly” when Parliament seeks to determine when a decision will be (1) taken

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The Government remains fully committed to delivering the important infrastructure projects it has set out, including delivering runway capacity on the timetable set out by Sir Howard Davies.

In the coming weeks the Government will carefully consider all of the evidence and should be in a position to announce a preferred scheme in the autumn.