Runways UK: Cross-party agreement and delivery

The Airports Commission has been described as a once in a lifetime opportunity to secure the UK’s aviation capacity for the future, but delivery of the long term solution it ultimately recommends needs cross-party political agreement. Our panellists describe the process of “depoliticising” the eventual scheme, so that it doesn’t get derailed by short term political considerations, and how it can be delivered, effectively, in as short a time as possible, within the UK’s democratic processes. Lord Adonis, former Labour Government Secretary of State for Transport. Nelson Ogunshakin, Co-Chair of National Infrastructure Plan Strategic Engagement Forum, set up under the Coalition Government. You can find out more about Runways UK and the ongoing aviation capacity debate at http://www.runwaysuk.com