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Mr. Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on current Government policy towards a fifth Heathrow terminal.
Mr. Norris
The objectives for airports policy were set out in the 1985 White Paper "Airports Policy"; this noted that the possibility of a fifth terminal at Heathrow would be kept under review, without commitment. The Secretary of State for the Enviornment has called in the planning application for a fifth terminal at Heathrow airport lodged by BAA plc on 17 February 1993. This will be for joint decision by him and my Secretary of State following a public inquiry. Because of this quasi-judicial role, it would not be proper for me to comment on the proposal.