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Third London Airport Commission: Minutes of Public Hearings

Catalogue reference: BT 330

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BT 330

This series consists of paperback volumes recording the proceedings of the Third London Airport Commission (Roskill Commission) between November 1968 and September 1969.The files record evidence presented by departmental experts and the larger...

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BT 330

Title
Third London Airport Commission: Minutes of Public Hearings
Date

1968-1969

Description

This series consists of paperback volumes recording the proceedings of the Third London Airport Commission (Roskill Commission) between November 1968 and September 1969.

The files record evidence presented by departmental experts and the larger pressure groups and focus on local site hearings and record evidence presented by a variety of groups including local authorities.

Arrangement
Arrangement

Numerical

Related material

Transcripts of Stage V of the hearings can be found in AT 56

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Third London Airport Commission, 1968-1971
Physical description

29 papers

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1999 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Subjects
Topics
Litigation
Air transport
Custodial history

Transferred from the Board of Trade in 1970, to the Department of the Environment, then to the Department of Transport in 1976 and then to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997.

Accumulation dates

1968-1969

Accruals

No future accruals expected

Selection and destruction information

The records in this series which were previously closed for 30 years have been opened under the Open Government Initiative unless otherwise stated.

Administrative / biographical background

The London Airport Commission (Roskill Commission) was a non-statutory commission announced in May 1968 by the President of the Board of Trade C. A. R. Crosland, in response to adverse public reaction over the 1967 White Paper The Third London Airport. The remit was to evaluate the need for a third London airport, and the myriad considerations incumbent upon proceeding with its construction.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3366/

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