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The House of Commons has voted by 415 votes to 119 in favour of the government\u2019s airports national policy statement (NPS) on the Heathrow airport expansion<\/h2>\n

Conservative MPs were under pressure to support the motion, although eight rebelled and voted against. Labour\u2019s official position was to oppose but it gave its MPs a free vote on the issue, resulting in 119 Labour MPs joining the Tories in the Aye corridor, and 96 voting No.<\/p>\n

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson, a leading opponent of expansion, missed the vote because he was in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Transport secretary Chris Grayling explained to the House of Commons that the vote does not actually give planning permission<\/a> to the project but merely allows work to continue on its development. \u201cThe proposed policy statement does not grant final planning consent; what it does is set the policy against which a promoter of an expanded Heathrow airport can deliver more detailed design and participate in the detailed planning process that can lead to final consent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

During the debate before the vote, shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald, Labour MP for Middlesbrough, said: \u201cThe government have not done the work to support the development of this project. Their case is riddled with gaps and is fundamentally flawed. Yet again, this secretary of state has made a complete shambles of a vital national project. Yet again, he is not putting the relevant facts before Parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s vote has been scheduled just days before the Government\u2019s own advisory body, the Committee on Climate Change, is due to publish a report that is expected to warn that increasing aviation emissions will destroy Britain\u2019s greenhouse gas targets. It appears that the vote on the national policy statement has been planned for today so that hon. and right hon. Members are left in the dark about how much the secretary of state\u2019s plan will obliterate the UK\u2019s climate change commitments. That is not only reckless, but shows contempt for Parliament and for the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

To which his colleague John Spellar (Warley) responded: \u201cIs not my hon. Friend slightly missing the point? Aviation\u2014across the world and into Europe\u2014will continue and grow, so the real question is whether it will be going into Schiphol, Frankfurt or Charles de Gaulle airports, or whether we will create investment, protect the well-paid, unionised jobs at Heathrow, and create opportunities for the youngsters of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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