Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Court Case on Gatwick Airport Development Consent Order: Disclosed Documents.
Heidi Alexander (Labour)
Pursuant to an order of the Court from 10 December 2025, on 12 December 2025 I approved the disclosure of a number of documents that related to forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from aviation. The documents were produced to fulfil a request from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and supported preparation of the Government’s carbon budget and growth delivery plan.
The information contained in the disclosed documents was not relevant to my original decision to grant a development consent order for the expansion of Gatwick airport, as the decision-making process for considering development consent orders requires me to consider published policies and relevant legislation. The disclosed data did not represent final policy and were produced solely for the purposes of discharging the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero’s duties under the Climate Change Act 2008.
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