Case for Aviation by the Free Enterprise Group

It is not often that an MP in the Heathrow catchment area either has an idea of what air transport is all about (and AERBT will not mention any names) or comes down in support of the airport.  Kwasi Kwarteng is the Member of Parliament for Spelthorne.  The Surrey Borough includes Ashford, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell and Sunbury, all very close to the world’s busiest international aviation centre.

Of Ghanese background Kwasi Kwarteng gained entry to Westminster in the 2010 General Election.  With a background of Eton and Trinity College Cambridge the articulate Mr Kwarteng has been described by a local paper as a “black Boris”.

Under the auspices of the “Free Enterprise Group” he has written a short 10-page document entitled “The Case for Aviation”, published last week.  It is very well thought out and a politically neutral document.  “Not in my backyard” does not seem to carry weight with Mr Kwarteng.  “The industry needs a more flexible planning system.  Decisions should be made by the price mechanism and free competition rather than special interests and political grandstanding.  There should be a presumption in favour of development," he says. www.freeenterprise.org.uk

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