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HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) BillI thank noble Lords for those questions. On phase 2a costs, in July 2017 we published the business case for phase 2a, which included the funding envelope of £3.48 billion at 2015…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) BillThat if a High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill is brought from the House of Commons in the next Session of Parliament, the Standing Orders of the House applicable to the…29 Jan 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the next four Motions on the Order Paper were down to be moved en bloc but I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for her courtesy in advising me in…29 Jan 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 12 November 2018 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 23 January .29 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: ConsultationMy Lords, we announced earlier this month that we will extend the airport restriction zone to the air traffic zone, and 5 kilometres each side of the runway. That is not in force…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: ConsultationI thank my noble friend for the work he does in his role as president of BALPA and his highlighting of aviation issues both inside and outside the Chamber. It has not been…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: ConsultationMy Lords, the noble Baroness makes a very important point. Of course, we need to ensure that all our airports are protected, but there is a degree of proportionality to that. I…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: ConsultationMy Lords, of course it is very important that we take the needs of general aviation users into consideration, as well as drone flyers. As my noble friend points out, the vast…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: ConsultationThe noble Lord is quite right; it is a challenge. We have brought in laws governing the use of drones within airport exclusion zones and across the country. It is against the law…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: ConsultationThe airspace modernisation programme is under way and the process will take a number of years. We have not modernised our airspace for over 50 years, and doing so will bring a lot…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: ConsultationMy Lords, the police have the power in certain circumstances to access and use equipment to take drones out of the sky. That, of course, will be subject to police weighing up the…29 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: ConsultationMy Lords, the Government have a wide range of engagement with industry on the operation of drones in UK airspace, and the government response to the latest formal consultation was…29 Jan 2019HANSARDShip Recycling (Facilities and Requirements for Hazardous Materials on Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I have read the Explanatory Memorandum a number of times. I do not think it is contradictory, but I acknowledge that perhaps further reassurance could go into it. I will certainly…29 Jan 2019HANSARDShip Recycling (Facilities and Requirements for Hazardous Materials on Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It does include some non-EU countries. I am afraid I cannot find the list in my files, but I will write to the noble Lord to confirm which countries are on it. The EU has very…29 Jan 2019HANSARDShip Recycling (Facilities and Requirements for Hazardous Materials on Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am pleased that the noble Lord feels a lot better for having got that out of his system. I absolutely agree with him about the excellence of the civil servants in my…29 Jan 2019HANSARDShip Recycling (Facilities and Requirements for Hazardous Materials on Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 December 2018 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 23 January.29 Jan 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping and Other Transport (Environmental Protection) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I confirm that this is another SI that is required only in a no-deal scenario. It makes changes to legislation on controlling sulphur dioxide emissions from ships,…29 Jan 2019HANSARDMerchant Shipping and Other Transport (Environmental Protection) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 27 November 2018 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 23 Jan uary.29 Jan 2019HANSARDRailways: ReliabilityAs my noble friend said, LNER is hoping to introduce new services to Lincoln from September. As he also said, this is dependent on Network Rail approving its timetable bid. The…23 Jan 2019HANSARDRailways: ReliabilityMy Lords, I certainly agree with the noble Lord that we had a difficult year in rail last year. Things are improving: punctuality has improved since this time last year;…23 Jan 2019