Heathrow case undermined

The Sunday Times continues to make the running over Heathrow expansion. Yesterday it reported that the House of Commons library has produced a briefing for MPs that cooly and objectively undermines the transport secretary Geoff Hoon's case for a third runway:

Hoon said only low-emitting planes would be allowed to use the runway, but the report – published just last week – cautions that “aircraft designs do not at the moment incorporate many of the features highlighted by the secretary of state”