T5 Go-Ahead: David Wilshire, Spelthorne MP: 'A majority of those I represent welcome this long overdue decision. It will help protect the future of Heathrow and my constituents, and give the British aviation a boost after the dreadful events of September 11. Hopefully, the obsessed knockers of Heathrow will now accept democracy and shut up. These self-appointed and self-opinionated few are hell-bent on putting thousands of my constituents out of work and must not be allowed to succeed.'

Philip Hammond, Runnymede and Weybridge MP: 'I think this decision was inevitable and I agree that it will bring substantial benefits to the wider community. However, there must be some balance of the restraints on the wider and local community and I will be pushing for greater clarity of conditions and local views on the environment and night flights where there is still everything to play for.'

November 22, 2001 12:00