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HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig of Radley, for introducing this small group of amendments and giving us the opportunity to probe this wording, because it…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move that the House do again resolve itself into a Committee upon the Bill.12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.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]The noble and gallant Lord is right; a number of steps have been taken. On the legislative side, we have looked carefully at what we can include. One of the steps taken as a…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 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]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for raising this very important point. Certainly, the Government are well aware of a wide range of risks relating to unmanned aircraft and the…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]The noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, has just repeated back to me what I have already said. There is a registration system. It is in existence and it is very straightforward. There…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]The noble Baroness makes a couple of very interesting points, including that in many cases, people do not intend to commit these offences and if given a slap on the wrist and a…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]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]I agree with the noble and gallant Lord. The Government obviously take seriously the potential of a catastrophic accident. For those kinds of offences, the deterrent is far…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I am aware that that is the noble Lord’s position, but I am not sure that evidence exists that if confiscation becomes part of the Bill, it automatically means that nothing bad…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for tabling these important safety amendments. I will take a moment to rebut the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, who seems to imply that, for…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]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]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for introducing a specific part of Schedule 10: notably, paragraph 6, which gives the Secretary of State the power to make regulations for the…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 2020