Today (22 July 2014) Rehman hosted a roundtable discussion on a new study which shows the environmental impact of a Thames estuary airport.
The new research from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) says that a huge area would be needed to home the birds whose habitat was destroyed by the airport proposals.
Rehman commented:
"This report clearly shows the high risks, uncertainty and costs of putting an airport into an area which is one of the most important for waterbirds in the UK.
"It would decimate these important environmental areas with any mitigation or compensation measures requiring vast areas of land to be made available at enormous cost.
"This is another showstopper report demonstrating why this absurd scheme should never be allowed to go ahead."
The full report can be read on the BTO website.