Mary Macleod, MP for Brentford & Isleworth, has urged the Airports Commission to grant a full oral hearing to west London MPs.

The Airports Commission, led by Sir Howard Davies, has been set up by the Government to review the scale and timing of any requirement for additional aviation capacity in the UK and is due to present its full findings in 2015.

Mary has campaigned for many years against the third runway at Heathrow. Recently she pressed the Transport Secretary to bring forward the findings of the Airports Commission so that a “new, innovative solution to capacity needs” can be found as soon as possible.

Mary said “It is vital that the Airports Commission hears from those people whose lives and wellbeing are affected every day by the noise of planes at Heathrow. That’s why I have written to Sir Howard to request that west London MPs, who have been elected to represent the views of local residents, are given an oral hearing by the Airports Commission in the same way that airlines and airport operators will be. The issue of aviation capacity is not purely about economics, it is also about quality of life - the voices of local residents must be heard”.