{"id":986,"date":"2005-10-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsite.hacan.org.uk\/?p=986"},"modified":"2019-05-13T18:30:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:30:17","slug":"over-40-leading-politicians-set-to-address-night-flights-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Over 40 Leading Politicians Set To Address Night Flights Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Monday 24th October
\nCentral Halls, Westminster
\n7.00 — 8.30pm<\/p>\n

Over 40 politicians from all political parties are expected to address a major rally calling for action
\non night flights to be held in Central London on 24th October (1)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

The speakers will include
\nShadow Transport Secretary Alan Duncan and Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesman Tom Brake
\n(2)<\/strong>. The rally, organised by HACAN ClearSkies in association with the campaign groups from
\nStansted and Gatwick airports, comes just over a month after the Government’s consultation closed
\ninto its plans for night flights at the three airports for the period 2006 — 2012 (3)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

John Stewart, Chair of HACAN ClearSkies, which represents residents under the Heathrow flight
\npath, said: “This rally sends the strongest message yet to government about the need to tackle the
\nhated night flights.”<\/p>\n

The recent consultation on night flights proposed an extra 620 flights a year between 11.30pm and
\n6am at Heathrow by 2012 and a 41% increase in flights at Stansted. At Gatwick, where the
\nGovernment proposed to keep the number of flights much as they are at present, local people have
\nbeen enraged by the efforts of BAA and the airlines to secure an increase in flight numbers.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Notes for Editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1)<\/strong>. The rally will be held in the media room of Central Halls, Westminster, Storey’s Gate, SW1. It will run from
\n7.00pm — 8.30pm. Alan Duncan will address the rally shortly after 7.00pm. Other politicians will be slotted in as and
\nwhen they arrive.<\/p>\n

(2). The full list of politicians who are expected to address the rally is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alan Duncan, Conservative Transport Spokesman
\nTom Brake, Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson
\nJulian Brazier, Conservative Aviation Spokesman<\/p>\n

MPs from the Heathrow area:<\/strong>
\nAdam Afriyie, Con, Windsor
\nVincent Cable, Lib Dem, Twickenham
\nLynne Featherstone, Lib Dem, Hornsey and Wood Green
\nJustine Greening, Con, Putney
\nGreg Hands, Con, Hammersmith & Fulham
\nKate Hoey, Lab, Vauxhall
\nAlan Keen, Lab, Feltham & Heston
\nSusan Kramer, Lib Dem, Richmond Park
\nMartin Linton, Lab, Battersea
\nJohn McDonnell, Lab, Hayes & Harlington
\nJohn Randall, Con, Uxbridge
\nAndrew Slaughter, Lab, Ealing, Acton & Shepherd’s Bush <\/p>\n

MPs from the Stansted area:<\/strong>
\nOliver Heald, Con, NE Herts
\nMark Prisk, Con, Hertford & Stortford
\nBrooks Newmark, Con, Braintree <\/p>\n

Peers:<\/strong>
\nLord Patrick Jenkin<\/p>\n

MPs from the Gatwick area:<\/strong>
\nPeter Ainsworth, Con, East Surrey
\nCrispin Blunt, Con, Reigate<\/p>\n

From the Greater London Authority:<\/strong>
\nBaroness Sally Hamwee, Lib Dem, Chair GLA
\nDarren Johnson, Green, Chair GLA Environment Committee
\nRoger Evans, Con, Chair GLA Transport Committee
\nRichard Barnes, Con, member for Hillingdon & Ealing
\nElizabeth Howell, Con, member for Wandsworth & Merton <\/p>\n

From the local authorities:<\/strong>
\nRepresentatives from the London boroughs of Hounslow, Wandsworth and Richmond will address the meeting. Also
\nfrom the district councils in the Stansted area: Uttlesford and Aintree.<\/p>\n

(3).<\/strong> Every 5\/6 years the Government draws up an agreement with the airlines about the number of flights permitted at
\nthe countries three ‘designated’ airports: Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick. The next agreement is due to come into
\nforce in 2006 for the period between 2006 and 2012.<\/p>\n

For further information contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Stewart, Chairman, HACAN ClearSkies: T 0207 737 6641 or M 07957 385650, jdm.stewart@virgin.net<\/p>\n

Carol Barbone, Campaign Director, Stop Stansted Expansion: M 0777 552 3091 cbarbone@mxc.co.uk<\/p>\n

Brendon Sewill, Chairman, Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign: 01293 863 369, gacc@btconnect.com<\/p>\n

Press Release dated 17th October 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday 24th October Central Halls, Westminster 7.00 — 8.30pm Over 40 politicians from all political parties are expected to address a major rally calling for action on night flights to be held in Central London on 24th October (1). The speakers will include Shadow Transport Secretary Alan Duncan and Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesman Tom Brake … Continue reading “Over 40 Leading Politicians Set To Address Night Flights Rally”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5275,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/5275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}