Jean Lambert MEP today joined protestors outside the CBI annual conference to call for an end to the Heathrow expansion plans. Responding to Gordon Brown’s speech, Jean Lambert said: "Gordon Brown’s intention to expand Heathrow underlines the Government’s short-sighted approach to combating climate change. Building a third runway will undermine efforts to reduce UK carbon emissions and the Mayor’s attempts to improve London’s failing air quality.
"The Government appears to be ignoring the many Londoners who will be directly affected by the expansion and is instead jumping to conclusions before the public consultation has barely begun. What we need is more investment in rail transport to give travellers an affordable alternative to short-haul flights."