Written questions

Aviation: Infrastructure

Commons · Question 29757 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 13 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to integrate the proposals outlined in the English Devolution White Paper with important strategic transport infrastructure such as Gatwick Airport.

Answer

Answered by Jim McMahon, 13 Feb 2025

The White Paper sets out the comprehensive devolution of local transport functions to strategic authorities in England, including a comprehensive rail devolution offer for the first time. Combined with their new powers over strategic spatial planning, thi...