Commenting on Boris Johnson plans that Heathrow Airport should be closed and replaced with a major new hub to the east of the capital and that Heathrow should be turned into a new London Borough for over 200,000 people, Cllr Peter Thompson stated,
“We have always argued that Heathrow should be better and not bigger and that remains the position of Hounslow Conservatives. We fully agree with the Mayor that any expansion of Heathrow would be intolerable for local residents. We also agree that something needs to be done to end Britain's chronic shortage of air capacity and it’s good that we have a mayor who is able to think big and explore all options. However Heathrow will always be a major player in our airport provision. The idea of digging it up and replacing it with a new London borough isn’t one we are going with.