As I have indicated to the House on previous occasions the purpose of the public safety zones study is to establish appropriate arrangements to protect people on the ground in an unlikely event of an aircraft accident. Environmental resources management, ERM, who conducted the study, fully consulted the public and the relevant local authorities before finalising their recommendations. Consequently I am satisfied that there is no requirement for a regulatory impact assessment.
The report has not yet been submitted to Government and, if the Deputy wishes to write to me with his views on the appropriate balance between the need to protect the public, on the one hand, and the need to facilitate property development on the other, I will be happy to take them into account.