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Environmental Protection (Airports) Bill 2007-08

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)
Sponsor:
Justine Greening

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Commons

  1. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Latest Bill

House Bill Date
Commons Bill as introduced - html version 12.03.2008

Summary of the Bill

Environmental Protection (Airports) Bill

The aim of this Bill is to promote the protection of the environment near airports. It would establish the Airport Environment Watchdog, which would have powers to:

  • monitor the environmental impact of airports and to report levels of pollution
  • recommend courses of action to individual airports
  • impose fines if recommendations were unreasonably ignored.

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