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HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question asked in another place on airport expansion. The Statement is…02 Mar 2020HANSARDHolyheadI thank the noble Lord for his question. I was very prepared to respond to questions about ports but not on ships today, so I will have to write to him.02 Mar 2020HANSARDHolyheadMy Lords, the Government are engaging with the Welsh Government and local partners to understand not only their plans, constraints and opportunities, but how best to support the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands– Crewe) BillNo, not at all. As the noble Lord knows, all Ministers within the department are ultimately responsible to the Secretary of State, and that includes the HS2 Minister. The noble…25 Feb 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands– Crewe) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, and his new friend, the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, for their interventions in this very short HS2 debate—which I feared was going to…25 Feb 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands– Crewe) BillMy Lords, the High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill, also known as the phase 2a Bill, concerns the section of HS2 which extends the railway from the end of phase 1 just north…25 Feb 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands– Crewe) BillThat if a Bill in the same terms as those in which the High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill stood when it was brought to this House in the 2019 session is brought to this…25 Feb 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysMy Lords, my noble friend Lady McIntosh has provided an opportunity to debate a very topical subject and for that I thank her and all noble Lords who have contributed. I take this…13 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]If the noble Lord will bear with me, that drone would probably be confiscated by a constable for a different reason. In our opinion, the amendment on forfeiture would also provide…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I am eternally grateful for this thought-provoking debate on confiscation and forfeiture. A number of issues have been raised. I will endeavour to cover as many as I…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]Yes, it includes all unmanned aircraft. Various bulk uploads will come from model aircraft clubs, so we expect that number to climb. Over the course of this Bill, perhaps when we…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My noble friend makes a very interesting statement. This Government recognise that in certain circumstances, when drones are not being flown correctly, it is literally a life and…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I am aware that my noble friend supports the Bill, and I appreciate his support. The Government are just saying “proportionality”. The Government’s role is not to come down hard…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I am afraid I do not have that information to hand. I would be remiss if I tried to remember, so I will write to the noble Baroness. I think that was a consultation for all…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I am afraid that I cannot recall exactly what BALPA’s reservations are—whether it has reservations about other police powers—but it was certainly one of the stakeholders that we…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend for his additional data, to be added to the information I will be collecting before too long.12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to what has been a very interesting debate. It has been more wide-ranging than I anticipated. The Government are listening…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]Potentially, a transponder, but we knew where the drones were. We could see them flashing above the runway. What could we do about it? All the legislation in the world could not…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend for that good example. I am not against this; I just wonder what the evidence is. I shall ask my officials to look for more examples and to see whether it…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]What I said about Gatwick is that there is no silver bullet; there was not one piece of legislation that would have stopped Gatwick.12 Feb 2020