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paul576 asked Representative of easyJet: "Have you any plans to increase not only your aircraft fleet, but the size of your aircraft, which will mean in theory, you will be transporting more people with a smaller carbon footprint? "
Representative of easyJet answer: "easyJet will continue to grow at a rate of 15% year on year and will maintain Europe's most modern and fuel efficient fleet by bringing in the newest kind of aircraft and retiring the old ones."
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Nov 28 2007 2:03:43 PM

paul576 asked Carol Barbone: "What is SSE's view of the Government's plans as outlined in last weeks queens speech in relation to the streamlining of all major planning matters, e.g. airports, power stations, and large housing developments...." Show more »"What is SSE's view of the Government's plans as outlined in last weeks queens speech in relation to the streamlining of all major planning matters, e.g. airports, power stations, and large housing developments. The queens speech is available on the Number 10 website at: http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page13707.asp" Show less »
Carol Barbone answer: "SSE is not persuaded that there is anything dreadfully wrong with the current UK planning system. If our planning system was so much worse that our EU competitors, why has the UK economy out-performed..." Show more»" SSE is not persuaded that there is anything dreadfully wrong with the current UK planning system. If our planning system was so much worse that our EU competitors, why has the UK economy out-performed all of them for the past 15 years? The 7 years it took for Heathrow T5 to get planning approval is often quoted as evidence that our planning system is too slow. This was a very lengthy public inquiry (by comparison the recent Stansted public inquiry took 5 months). It is also worth noting that it took more than 10 years for Frankfurt Airport to get permission for its new runway. Would better decisions be made if speed was the main priority rather than thorough examination of the issues? Under the current system the developer has to prove his case and can be questioned in detail on behalf of local residents and their elected representatives. We believe that it would damage the democratic process if all this were to be centralised and decisions made by an unelected quango. There is also a risk that if people felt they were powerless to object under a new centralised fast-track planning system, they would look for 'less civilised' ways to express their opposition. The Government should tread carefully before changing a planning system which has been tried and tested and which has generally worked very well for many years. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Nov 28 2007 1:17:05 PM

paul576 asked Carol Barbone: "Do you believe that the businesses surrounding Stansted can survive in a hugely competitive world if it is not allowed to expand?"
Carol Barbone answer: "Stansted does bring important benefits to the local economy but the proposed expansion of Stansted to handle an extra 10 million passengers a year (10 mppa) would not have a major impact on the local ..." Show more»" Stansted does bring important benefits to the local economy but the proposed expansion of Stansted to handle an extra 10 million passengers a year (10 mppa) would not have a major impact on the local economy one way or the other. It would be primarily to cater for more outbound leisure trips and only 290,000 of the additional 10mppa would be business passengers. It is a question of balance and one of the main difficulties in the local economy is a shortage of available employees to fill the jobs available. Expansion of Stansted would exacerbate this problem, cause more overheating and require airport workers to be recruited from much further afield, including overseas, with implications for housing and other local services. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Nov 28 2007 1:15:08 PM

paul576 asked Sir Alan Haselhurst MP: "Alan, We hear a lot about the SSE campaign, but how many of your constituents and constituency businesses are contacting you supporting the expansion and how do you decide who to support? "
Sir Alan Haselhurst MP answer: "The answer to that is very few, we had an interesting exchange in the local press recently about the letters, which had appeared. I think in fact the Evening Standard did some investigative work and discovered..." Show more»" The answer to that is very few, we had an interesting exchange in the local press recently about the letters, which had appeared. I think in fact the Evening Standard did some investigative work and discovered that there was a bogus nature to a number of letters. One of the letters quoted was one that had been sent to me. At the time I had looked at this letter and thought shall I answer it because the person writing was actually from outside of my constituency and it had appeared in the local press. I decided on that occasion not, but there had been a previous one where I had been tempted to write back, not to the newspaper but to the person because it was from an address in the constituency only to find that the person and the address did not exist. And when the Evening Standard revealed that there were about 15 or so such letters all of which were bogus, the finger began to point in a certain direction. So I got into an altercation with BAA who thought I was accusing them of doing it so I wrote an article in the local newspaper it struck me as being astonishing that this was Britain, this was not Zimbabwe and people were free to express an opinion, and the idea that they would be frightened of doing so was ludicrous. But that is just the background and no the answer is I only rarely get a letter from anybody who says yes we think this is an undiluted good thing. It is true to say that the Braintree Chamber of Commerce, which is a bit more distant, so they can speak from the luxury of not being over flown and not having any of the disadvantages who see it as an undiluted benefit for business but they don’t write to me. I’ve just had occasional encounters with them but by and large no the correspondence I get is negative. And that confirms the properly conducted referendum in the District of Uttlesford which revealed that 89% of people were opposed to a 2nd runway and that is on a 69% turnout higher than a general election turnout so I’ve no doubt at all that I reflect vastly the majority of opinion within the District and the Constituency "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Nov 27 2007 7:22:09 PM

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