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HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, destroying a drone or an unmanned aircraft is a vital mechanism, particularly for dealing with terrorism. The incident at Gatwick at the end of 2019 illustrated for us…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, these amendments relate to the CAA’s function to investigate complaints over breaches of licence conditions. Since the CAA has considerable powers, any limitation of…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome the raising of this fresh issue. I have had representations from residents in Shropshire about a sudden unexplained increase in aircraft noise in their area.…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAirports Slot Allocation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for her explanation. Slot allocation at busier airports is an important method of ensuring free and fair competition in the industry. It is based,…19 Jan 2021HANSARDRailways: ElectrificationMy Lords, as the Minister has just said, emissions from diesel trains have an impact on the health of staff and passengers waiting at stations, especially large enclosed stations.…19 Jan 2021HANSARDAirports National Policy StatementWithin the transport industries there is a growing consensus that travel patterns will change post-pandemic, with greater emphasis on leisure travel. Some 60% of Heathrow’s…18 Jan 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No. 2) BillIt is definitely not in the spirit of the Minister’s speech, which emphasised how imaginative the Government have been in approaching this issue.18 Jan 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No. 2) BillMy Lords, I wish to concentrate solely on the Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill and, in doing so, express my regret that these two Bills have been harnessed together.…18 Jan 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, before Christmas, we saw how quickly queues build up when normal access to ports is impossible. The Government have sought to avoid queues in these first post-transition…08 Jan 2021HANSARDP&O FerriesQuite recently, the Government were happy to fund a ferry-less ferry company, but now they seem unwilling to help a well-established service. The Minister has said that there are…05 Jan 2021HANSARDEuropean Union (Future Relationship) BillThe Prime Minister is fond of claiming world firsts, and he has one here: we will be the first nation in the world to put up trade barriers as the result of a trade deal. This is…30 Dec 2020HANSARDFreight Industry: DelaysThe Sevington lorry park, designed to relieve queues of around 7,000 lorries on Kent motorways, will not be ready until the end of February. Meanwhile, the Government have…17 Dec 2020HANSARDHeathrow Airport ExpansionMy Lords, Heathrow is highly dependent on business passengers. Now that we have all discovered Zoom, industry analysts recognise that the pattern of demand will be different in…17 Dec 2020HANSARDFreight Industry: DelaysTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with organisations representing the freight industry about arrangements to ensure that delays at (1) ports, and (2)…17 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Bus StrategyMy Lords, we need to get passengers back on to the buses to relieve congestion, which is now back at pre-Covid levels. Bus operators have worked hard to make buses clean and safe,…16 Dec 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) BillMy Lords, there are some Bills going through the House with which we on the Liberal Democrat Benches disagree fundamentally. There are other Bills that we agree on the need for…14 Dec 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillMy Lords, I want to speak to the principle behind the amendment rather than its exact terminology. There was a time when NDAs were exceptional, but well over 300 of them for HS2…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, for his sterling efforts to help us poor lay men understand the complexity of the topic involved in these amendments. I have a…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillMy Lords, safety levels in industry in general in the UK are very high. These days, we take rail safety more or less for granted, but that was not the case two decades or so ago.…08 Dec 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillMy Lords, I am pleased to follow on from the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, because he picked up on an issue that I raised in the previous debate on this. Ancient woodland does not…08 Dec 2020