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HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am afraid that I do not have an answer on trade unions; I shall have to get back to the noble Lord on that. The organisations we consulted do not wish for no deal—I should be…20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019By leaving the European Union through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act, we will take EU legislation on to our statute book. So we are carefully looking at that legislation to…20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Before, it was for the whole of the EU. Now it will be for the UK only, so this is a temporary measure until the new type-approval statutory instrument comes in.20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their consideration of the draft regulations. The regulations will ensure that we can continue to control the registration of vehicles in the UK…20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, if it is convenient, in moving this Motion I shall speak also to the draft Road Vehicle Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations…20 Feb 2019HANSARDRoad Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 21 January be approved.20 Feb 2019HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I agree with the noble Baroness that the Government have a responsibility to ensure that people are aware of this. A communications campaign was launched in February, which has…20 Feb 2019HANSARDFlybmiI thank the noble Lord for his questions. On how we are dealing with airline insolvency in the future, we have commissioned an independent review led by Peter Bucks to review…18 Feb 2019HANSARDFlybmiThe noble Lord is quite right that these routes will be dictated by passengers. However, as I mentioned previously, we have public service obligations, where the Government will…18 Feb 2019HANSARDFlybmiBoth the UK and the EU have made it very clear that we want flights to continue after Brexit. We and the EU are taking the necessary actions to ensure that this will be the case…18 Feb 2019HANSARDFlybmiI agree with the noble Lord on all those points. We are seeing supply outstrip demand on many of these routes. BMI cited 19 passengers per flight on a 50-seater plane; obviously,…18 Feb 2019HANSARDFlybmiI agree with my noble friend. It is a challenging time to be in the aviation industry at the moment for many reasons. We are seeing airlines having to address those challenges.…18 Feb 2019HANSARDFlybmiMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given by my honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport…18 Feb 2019HANSARDFlybmiI thank the noble Lord for his question. Yes, we are satisfied that we are doing everything we can to help those passengers who are stranded. The CAA and the department are…18 Feb 2019HANSARDCommercial Air Routes: United Kingdom and East AfricaI think I agree with what the noble Viscount says. The purpose of our slot reform would be to increase competition and benefit the consumer.13 Feb 2019HANSARDCommercial Air Routes: United Kingdom and East AfricaMy Lords, we aim to increase our connectivity across the globe. We have a very experienced team of air services negotiators in our department who work across the world to deliver…13 Feb 2019HANSARDCommercial Air Routes: United Kingdom and East AfricaYes, we will. The current slot regime allows for new entrants. The regulations require 50% of available slots to be given to new entrants. The main issue is that there are not…13 Feb 2019HANSARDCommercial Air Routes: United Kingdom and East AfricaMy Lords, I was considering how noble Lords might be able to ask a question like that when we were talking about east African slots, but I had not considered that angle. We are…13 Feb 2019HANSARDCommercial Air Routes: United Kingdom and East AfricaMy Lords, UK airport slot allocation is based on worldwide guidelines from the International Air Transport Association—IATA. These guidelines provide for slots to be allocated…13 Feb 2019HANSARDCommercial Air Routes: United Kingdom and East AfricaMy Lords, my noble friend is quite right to point out that there are no direct BA flights to these countries. It does operate direct flights to Kenya and across the continent. In…13 Feb 2019