HACAN responded to the Transport Select Committee inquiry into Airlines and Airports: supporting the recovery of the UK aviation sector which closed in October.
HACAN calls for end to aviation greenwash
MPs and Peers lament abolition of ICCAN
Following the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport that ICCAN was to be abolished, a cross-party group of 13 MPs and Peers have written to Grant Shapps setting out the continued need for a strong independent voice to reflect community concerns about aviation noise.
You can read the letter in full here below.

A successful AGM
It was pleasure to welcome over 50 members to our in-person AGM this past Thursday.
We were delighted to be joined by Sarah Olney MP who provided an excellent speech highlighting her thoughts on the next steps in the campaign against Heathrow expansion, her recent Parliamentary activities on aviation and her commitment to ensuring that the Government take meaningful action on aircraft noise following the abolition of ICCAN.
It was also fitting for members to finally be able to say thank you to our former Chair John Stewart for his efforts over the previous 20 years.




Response to Jet Zero consultation
Sarah Olney MP to address HACAN AGM
We are delighted to announce that Sarah Onley MP (Lib Dem, Richmond Park) will be the keynote speaker for our AGM.

Final response guide to Night Flights Part 2
HACAN submission to Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into Net Zero Aviation & Shipping
HACAN response to HMT Aviation Taxation consultation
HACAN call for moratorium on airport expansion
For Immediate Use
Monday 10 May 2021
HACAN CALL FOR MORATORIUM ON AIRPORT EXPANSION
HACAN has joined forces with 15 other national and community campaign groups calling on the Government to place a moratorium on airport expansion owing to the UK’s climate change targets.
The Government recently accepted the advice of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) to formally include international aviation emissions in the UK’s climate law. (1) The CCC’s analysis concludes that as well as introducing new aviation fuels and improving aircraft efficiencies, demand for flying will need to be limited. The CCC also advises that there should be no net increase in UK airport capacity as sufficient capacity already exists.
The groups sent a letter (2) to both Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, and Secretary of State for Communities, Housing and Local Government Robert Jenrick, requesting the moratorium on expansion until the Government sets out its raft of policies that ensure the aviation sector cuts its emissions in line with the UK’s carbon budgets.
A consultation on net zero aviation is long overdue and the groups suggest a moratorium is essential to avoid prejudging the outcome of the consultation.
Paul Beckford, Coordinator, HACAN, said
“The Government commitment to include international aviation emissions in our net zero targets means that all airport expansion plans should be paused until there is a national strategy for both reducing aviation emissions and airport capacity.
Heathrow have long argued that their third runway could be delivered within climate targets by explicitly excluding international emissions from their calculations. The new Government target makes this argument redundant. Government should now amend the Airports National Policy Statement in light of these more robust targets.”
ENDS.
NOTES
- UK enshrines new target in law to slash emissions by 78% by 2035, April 20th 2021, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-enshrines-new-target-in-law-to-slash-emissions-by-78-by-2035
- Airport Expansion Moratorium Letter, 7th May 2021, https://hacan.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Airport-expansion-moratorium-letter-May-2021.pdf
CONTACT
Paul Beckford, paul@hacan.org.uk, 07775593928