15th Lib Dem MP signs up to ‘Airplot’ battle against Heathrow expansion

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15th Lib Dem MP signs up to ‘Airplot’ battle against Heathrow expansion

By The Voice | Sat 17th January 2009 - 11:46 am

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Yesterday LDV reported the Parliamentary speeches of Norman Baker and Susan Kramer opposing the Labour Government’s planned expansion of Heathrow airport.

And today we can note that Richard Younger-Ross has become the 15th Lib Dem MP to become a ‘beneficial owner’ of a plot of land on the site of the proposed third runway at Heathrow airport, a Greenpeace move aimed at holding up the scheme in planning red-tape. As Susan says on the Greenpeace website,

At every stage the Government has ignored public opinion and shamelessly ignored the grave environmental risk of expanding Heathrow. At every stage, residents have made their concerns and views against further expansion very clear. The battle to stop Heathrow expansion will continue because preserving our quality of life is so important. I have got involved in buying this land to very actively represent the views of my own constituents. If the Government will not listen in Parliament, then ministers will find they have to listen in the courts.”

If you want to sign up, you can do so at www.greenpeace.org.uk/airplot.

Read more by The Voice or more about heathrow, richard younger-ross or susan kramer.
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