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Heathrow (Mole Valley Departure Route)

Volume 892: debated on Wednesday 21 May 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether a decision has been reached on revision of the existing Mole Valley easterly departure route from Heathrow; and, if so, when a revised routeing will be brought into operation.

Following upon consultation with hon. Members, with the Heathrow Airport Consultative Committee, local authorities and others closely concerned, and taking into account the differing proposals made by them, it is the intention to bring into operation, on

Thousand Metric Ton
ImportsExports
19731974January-March 197519731974January-March 1975
Total*1,3892,406707737657155
of which:
Bars rods and sections less than 80 mm.3103708120217149
Heavy rolled products angles shapes and sections 80 mm. and over508712305816
Plates 3 mm. and over1494661851266819
Sheets under 3 mm. thick coated or uncoated62095027120216329
Tinplate37491834278
Rails and railway equipment100973
Tubes and pipes22248413913416329
* These products are defined in terms of S.ITC(R) groups 673 and 674, sub-groups 678·2 to 678·4, new rails in 676·1 and sleepers and fishplates in 676·2.