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HANSARDAir Accident InvestigationMy Lords, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, or AAIB, works independently of the Department for Transport, and in accordance with annexe 13 of the Convention on International…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I come to a series of government amendments that are minor and technical, slightly improving the Bill. I hope that noble Lords will agree with them. Schedule 5 gives the…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]We have been discussing the Bill with the CMA. We are talking about appeals to modify the conditions in the licence of the single air navigation service provider which is dealing…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, for introducing this amendment. Schedule 3 introduces the new process by which the Competition and Markets Authority—CMA—may consider…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]That is a very good suggestion from the noble Lord. I will certainly take it back to the officials and consider how that might be taken forward. I agree that it certainly would…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I again thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for introducing this group. I shall start with Amendment 12 and then move on to matters relating to Clause 5 stand part. As noble…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I would like to reassure the noble Lord that we will certainly give great consideration to what he has said today, and perhaps after Committee we might have further discussions…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My noble friend is right. It may well include the Ministry of Defence, although I would expect that department to fall under the airports section because if it was putting forward…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Accident InvestigationI am afraid that I am unable to answer the noble Lord’s question about the motivations of people wanting to register their aircraft in the Isle of Man. Anything related to a…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]That it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House to which the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL] has been committed that they consider the Bill in…03 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]That the Bill be read a second time.27 Jan 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in today’s wide-ranging debate. The Government will respond to all the questions raised—unfortunately, probably not all…27 Jan 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, aviation has long been at the heart of the United Kingdom’s economic success. This is an industry that contributes at least £22 billion to the UK economy, along with…27 Jan 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. I was going to get to that, but if he does not mind I will ensure that there is a full discussion of the point he raised when I write,…27 Jan 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness for her question. I shall have to write to her because it involves a level of detail into which I cannot go today. I will skip over organisations such…27 Jan 2020HANSARDHigh Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, what an excellent debate. I thank all noble Lords for their thoughtful contributions and give special thanks to my noble friend Lord Forsyth, who I understand is not…23 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, and members of his committee, including the noble Baronesses, Lady Randerson and Lady Noakes, for their very thorough report in May…16 Jan 2020HANSARDFlybeI am sure that the noble Baroness is well aware of the reason that aviation fuel has no tax on it. The International Civil Aviation Organization is absolutely critical in getting…14 Jan 2020HANSARDFlybeMy Lords, my noble friend is quite right. I reiterate that regional connectivity is critical in aviation and across all modes. We will do whatever we can to ensure excellent…14 Jan 2020HANSARDFlybeThe noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, has made some very helpful suggestions, should they be needed in due course, about looking at which domestic routes would benefit from support.…14 Jan 2020