To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the proposed new aviation duty on (a) regional airports and (b) regional economies related to them. (228403)

I refer to the answer I gave to my hon. Friends the Members for Jarrow (Mr. Hepburn) and for Newcastle Upon Tyne, North (Mr. Henderson) on 13 October 2008, Official Report, column 1008W.