Following the publication of Sir Howard Davies' appraisals and consultation document this morning (11 November 2014), the Gatwick Coordination Group, which is chaired by Crispin Blunt MP, made the following statement.

Responding to Gatwick Diamond's extraordinary press statement yesterday, Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate, and Chair of the Gatwick Coordination Group (GGC), a group of Backbench MPs with constituencies close to Gatwick, said.

Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate and Chair of the Gatwick Coordination Group, a group of Backbench MPs with constituencies close to Gatwick, made the following statement this morning in response to the Howard Davies Airports Commission's decision to rule out a Thames Estuary option.

Following a recent increase in complaints of increased aircraft noise over Redhill and Earlswood, Crispin Blunt today visited Gatwick Airport for an explanation, and also met with Heathrow and the MP for Mole Valley, Sir Paul Beresford, to identify the cause of the increase in overflight noise, and investigate potential remedies and future trends in aircraft noise patterns.

Reigate MP, Crispin Blunt, today visited the Biffa Landfill site in Redhill. Following further complaints from constituents about smells coming from the site, Crispin held talks with Biffa managers Mick Davies and Amie Jenner.

Following the adoption of the Reigate and Banstead Borough Council's Core Strategy, and the endorsement by full council of the Executive's qualifying resolution committing the Council to continued protection of the Green Belt, MP for Reigate Crispin Blunt and the Leader of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, Cllr Victor Broad, issued the following statement.