Speeches by Kane.

“When did they say it last?”

“I am all for a preferential option for people, particularly in Ireland, who cannot access the rest of the UK. Those three key airports, one in Derry/Londonderry and two in Belfast, have a future ahead of them because so many people like yourself come here to work. That has to be critical. The suite of measures, as I ha…”

“No, we will lay out our concerns to the CCC in the normal ways.”

“I would say to the honourable Member that I am acutely aware, because of the nature of Ireland, of differential APD policy and the difficulties that it causes. Our principle is that the taxpayer should not clean up this industry. It has to be the industry that does it on the basis of the polluter-pays principle. That u…”

“We have data to say that a third runway could potentially bring 100,000 jobs to the UK economy. The supply chains have signed deals with Scunthorpe for the steel. We know that 60% of the supply chain is outside the south-east. It is not just beneficial for the south-east of England; it is beneficial for the whole count…”

“Which particular tax do you mean?”

“I will allow David to come in here, because he is really the expert in how this will proceed once we receive the third runway proposal.”

“That is a great suggestion, and I will take that away. Can I just give him my personal commitment, as he knows, that regional airports benefit from any expansion of Heathrow, either through its terminal capacity and the £10 billion that it is spending over the next five years, or if we get a promoter coming back with a…”

“As I was not involved with the ANPS in 2018, I will ask my officials here to answer directly.”

“When the Chancellor invited proposals for a promoter to come forward with a third runway, we, as a Department and as a Government, said that we would then review the ANPS on receipt of that proposal. There was no commitment, I understand, to an autumn deadline.”

“I am extraordinarily keen to see a successful aviation sector across all of our nations. That means improving the airspace, which I am responsible for, across the whole of the United Kingdom. That means bringing in the revenue certainty mechanism, which I am responsible for across the whole of the United Kingdom. It is…”

“I am not sure whether that is extraordinary. This Government have generally had a clear pathway to net zero by 2050, and we are pursuing that.”

“I have read it, Chair.”

“I will say directly to the Member for Shrewsbury that I have the science budget for the DFT, which runs at something like—it is a lot of money—£973 million. I think that is the exact figure. I am not sure there is enough research into that. Scientists are beginning to tell us there is other evidence about warming from …”

“We will lay out our response to the Climate Change Committee later this year.”

“I was nowhere near saying that. There has been nothing sclerotic about my first year in this office.”

“As part of the ANPS, we will produce the data that underpins those claims.”

“We want to be fully informed on nose and tailpipe emissions, whatever they contain, so that we are fully informed in the decisions that we are making.”

“I would say that this country should have been making some decisions a long time ago about the future of this industry, and they did not happen. All Governments become sclerotic at times. There is an old adage that, if I was going there, I would not be starting from here, but this is what we are faced with in terms of …”

“I am extraordinarily keen to see a successful aviation sector across all of our nations. That means improving the airspace, which I am responsible for, across the whole of the United Kingdom. That means bringing in the revenue certainty mechanism, which I am responsible for across the whole of the United Kingdom. It is…”