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John Randall (Con, Uxbridge)

9:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

I shall try to be as brief as possible. I completely share the views of my neighbour and, dare I say, comrade in arms, the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell). Certainly, on this issue, we are comrades. He rightly said that this is far too important a subject for us to get into petty, party political arguments on it. I have to say that I was extremely disappointed by the manner in which the Secretary of State made his speech. I do not think that it did the debate any good at all. I am sure that if he reflects on it—perhaps I will buy him the DVD so that he can watch it—he will realise that he got it badly wrong.

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Nick Hurd (Con, Ruislip-Northwood)

9:13pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

I am the third Hillingdon MP to speak. My constituents are not being thrown out of their homes and they are not losing their churches, schools and cemeteries, but Hillingdon speaks with one voice on this issue. My constituents’ quality of life will be affected, by the new flight path and by an increase in traffic on the roads—but stronger than that is the real sense that Heathrow is big enough and that the social and environmental costs are too great to proceed. A voice says, “We were told that terminal 5 was the end of it. That was a lie, so why should we believe anything else that is said by this Government or by anyone involved with this process?” The message from Hillingdon is that enough is enough.

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John McDonnell (Lab, Hayes & Harlington)

9:08pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

For literally thousands of my constituents, the debate is too important for party political knockabout or policy making by electioneering.

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