HEATHROW AND THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL ALTERNATIVE

Early day motion 1873A2, tabled 3 July 2008 by David Wilshire (Conservative). Signed by 1 member.

leave out from `June;' to end and add `notes that, even if UK domestic passengers switched to rail travel, Heathrow would still be operating at 90 per cent. of capacity and still need a third runway; further notes the example of Japan, where high-speed bullet trains co-exist with one of the world's busiest domestic flight networks, France, which has been a long-time leader in European high-speed rail, and which has a hub airport at Paris with twice as many runways as Heathrow, and Spain which has invested heavily in high-speed rail and has also doubled the number of runways at Madrid Airport from two to four; and therefore believes that rail complements air travel but cannot replace it, and that high-speed rail is not an alternative to a third runway at Heathrow.'.

Signatures by party: Conservative 1.