• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Fiona Twycross AM: I have a question on co-commissioning. I have a point of clarification before I ask my question which is on co-commissioning which, is about the examples of groups with different needs and whether you have it broken down.

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Joanne McCartney AM: I was just going to pick up on something you said earlier, that when we are changing any aspect of the health system it is essential that we build the trust and confidence of the public and patients. We have all been out supporting our local hospitals that are at risk of closure, and it is very emotive when you talk about changing healthcare provision. I know from my experience of ChaseFarm, for example, that one of the requirements of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel was that primary care and access to primary and community care had to...

• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Andrew Dismore AM: I would like to raise with you the challenge of a growing population. It does not seem to figure in your charts. In London the Office of National Statistics (ONS) estimates that we are going to see a 13% growth in population up until 2022. If you channel that down, you see in Barnet, one of the areas I represent, that the population is one of the fastest growing in the country, sixth highest in the country, going from 264,000 to 422,000. If we narrow that down even further to one ward, Colindale, the population there is...

• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Nicky Gavron AM: Sir Howard, it is going back a bit to when you were talking about the hub-and-spoke and the point of having those connected flights. What is the proportion of short-haul flights going from Heathrow?

• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Tony Arbour AM: The everyday aggravation which is caused by Heathrow to local residents is not just noise and what has been indicated is the considerable amount of traffic which causes congestion to local centres. Any expansion of Heathrow of necessity means there will be an increase in that traffic. You just made a reference to the congestion zone. My understanding of the congestion zone proposal by Heathrow is predicated on there being a fourth runway in addition to the one which is being proposed. Roger Evans AM (Chairman): That is the first question. Tony Arbour AM: I did mention...

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Murad Qureshi AM: Can I follow up on John’s point on surface transport? Yes, Heathrow is the second biggest hotspot for air pollution in London after central London. It is interesting the City Airport came up because it has a 60% level of passengers using public transport for getting there. I cannot see if City Airport can do that why Heathrow cannot aim at that as well.

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

John Biggs AM: I am reminded in the context of Kit Malthouse’s last question that people often wonder why people live on the foothills of active volcanoes and it is because the soil is fantastically fertile. It does not necessarily answer the question as to why we should have people living next to airports but it is a relevant issue. My question is about the modal split and it follows from the first part of Caroline Pidgeon’s question about HS2. Do you take a position on the sort of modal split Heathrow Airport should have? Clearly one of the terms...

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Kit Malthouse AM: I wanted to ask, in terms of the studies you do, whether you are looking at safety. Within living memory we have the Staines air disaster from Heathrow. It was only in 2009 I think that plane made it in over the fence, you remember, and crash-landed just on the apron. We have been lucky so far. The 118 people who died on the plane at Staines were not lucky but obviously you understand what I mean. I wondered whether you were looking at the possible impact or greater possibility of an impact of some sort of...

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Sir Howard, you said you will not resurrect the idea of a link between Heathrow and Gatwick but you are still keeping the critically ill patient, the estuary airport, alive. Is it not time to switch off the ventilator on that idea or do you think it is something which you think is still a plausible idea? Listening to you this morning, I can see all the arguments why the estuary airport is not a goer anyway.

• Question by: Kit Malthouse
• Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Kit Malthouse AM: I just wanted to ask about this suggestion of shifting the number of night flights and opening this window from 5.40am to 6.00am. Presumably you are anticipating that the first touchdown would be at 5.40am, which means that the approach would be in the 15 to 20 minutes before that. Of course, that is when much of the noise pollution is occurring. For instance, I live in Islington and we get planes over us at the moment at about 5.40am or 5.45am because they are wheels-down at 6.00am. Have you taken into account that actually what you...