Committees

Airport expansion and climate and nature targets

Inquiry

The Environmental Audit Committee is undertaking an inquiry on airport expansion and climate and nature targets. In this inquiry the Committee is seeking to:

  • establish the climate and environmental targets which Ministers ought to ensure are met under its policy to support airport expansion;
  • examine current projections for aviation demand, for aviation emissions and for the reduction of emissions and other negative environmental impacts, through technological developments and other means;
  • ascertain what environmental and climate conditions the Government ought to establish for airport developments through the use of planning policy statements, and
  • consider how Ministers should seek to maintain aviation’s compliance with climate and environmental targets and what policy safeguards might be necessary to achieve this.

Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry, and to find out how to submit written evidence through the Committee's online evidence submission portal.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 5:00pm on 24 April 2025.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Wednesday 16 July 2025
9:00am Private
9:15am Public
Airport expansion and climate and nature targets - Oral evidence 16 July 2025
9:15am
  • Dr Pauleen Lane CBE (Professional Lead for Infrastructure at Planning Inspectorate)
  • Ian Thynne (Head of Environmental Planning Specialists at Hillingdon Council)
  • Peta Donkin (EIA Director - Infrastructure and Energy at National Infrastructure Planning Association)
10:15am
  • Mike Kane MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security) at Department for Transport)
  • Hannah Newell (Director for Heathrow Expansion at Department for Transport)
  • Sonia Krylova (Deputy Director, Carbon Budget Delivery and Framework Net Zero Strategy Directorate at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
  • David Silk (Director for Aviation at Department for Transport)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 18 June 2025
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Airport expansion and climate and nature targets - Oral evidence 18 June 2025
2:30pm
  • Andrew Meaney (Partner and Head of Transport at Oxera)
  • Dr Alex Chapman (Senior Economist at New Economics Foundation)
  • Dr Stuart Jenkins (Research fellow at University of Oxford)
3:30pm
  • Duncan McCourt (Chief Executive at Sustainable Aviation)
  • Matthew Gorman MBE (Director of Carbon Strategy at Heathrow)
  • Neil Robinson (Chief Sustainability Officer at Manchester Airports Group)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 14 May 2025
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Airport expansion and climate and nature targets - Oral evidence 14 May 2025
2:30pm
  • Celeste Hicks (Policy Manager at Aviation Environment Federation)
  • Johann Beckford (Senior Policy Advisor at Green Alliance)
  • Professor Rob Miller (Director at Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge)
3:30pm
  • Dr Lisa Lavia (Managing Director at Noise Abatement Society)
  • Alethea Warrington (Head of Aviation, Energy and Heat at Possible)
  • Paul Beckford (Policy Director at No 3rd Runway Coalition)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: eacom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Environmental Audit Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA