Anti Heathrow-expansion campaigners packed a suitcase for the prime minister with material they believe he should read on his holiday.

Representatives from campaign groups including Hacan, Teddington Action Group and Greenpeace met outside parliament today and chose an item each to place in the suitcase before wheeling it off to Downing Street ahead of David Cameron’s summer recess.

Hacan chairman John Stewart, who coordinated the event, packed a copy of his book Why Noise Matters, and said the event was a fun one with a serious message.

The protest comes after the long-awaited Airports Commission published its report on July 1  recommending the UK government allows Heathrow to build a third runway.

Mr Stewart said: "We are saying loudly and clearly to the prime minister that there is widespread and diverse opposition to a third runway and that he would do well to spend at least part of his summer holidays reflecting on the case against expansion of Heathrow."

Peter Willan, chairman of the Richmond Heathrow Campaign, picked a map of areas affected by a third runway and said the report was full of deficiencies.

He said: "There is absolutely no case for a third runway.

"Expansion will result in 1.5million people being affected including more than 300,000 who have never had any aircraft overhead and will experience the noise for the first time."

Former MP for Richmond Park Jenny Tonge, who has been campaigning against Heathrow’s expansion for 40 years, said she feared another runway would trigger further growth and problems for communities surrounding the airport.

She said: "The third runway is the big one because now if this is built they will immediately say they need a sixth terminal which will need more expansion and it will just keep on and on at an airport which was never meant to be a commercial airport in the first place."

MP for Twickenham Tania Mathias said she was most concerned about the impact expansion would have on the health of those living in the communities nearby.

She said: "I don’t think the commission’s report gave enough information about the impact of noise and air quality on the people living around the airport."

A Heathrow spokesman said: “The independent Airports Commission, having carried out a two and a half year study at a value of £20 million, has confirmed there are huge local benefits to be had from Heathrow expansion including up to 77000 new local jobs and the opportunity to reduce the number of people affected by noise compared to today.

"The Commission has also said a bigger Heathrow can be a better neighbour because ‘expansion and the mitigation of the airport’s local impacts go hand in hand, as the former can provide the financial resources needed for the latter.”