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HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, the purpose of this group of amendments is to enable compensation for the recipient of a direction if the airspace change is predominantly or wholly for the benefit of a…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for his amendment, which gives the police the power to destroy a UA if they have reasonable grounds for suspecting that it has been, or…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for their short interventions on this debate. Turning first to the comments of my noble friend Lord Balfe, I will, of course, take them back to the department…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, and the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for a brief and constructive discussion. This is the culmination of many discussions of these…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, NATS and the CAA for their very constructive engagement on this issue, which has resulted in these government amendments. In…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendments 12A, 18A, 18B and 44 are a series of government amendments to provide temporary powers for the alleviation of airport slot usage rules. This will amend…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in today’s debate. I will take each amendment in this group in turn, starting with Amendment 14, in the name of the noble…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for tabling these amendments. I hope to set out the Government’s rationale for why we believe they are not necessary.…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]21 Jan 2021HANSARDRailways: ElectrificationOf course, we will look at modest electrification projects when and if they are brought forward. The issue of journey times is important, but rail freight has the advantage of…19 Jan 2021HANSARDRailways: ElectrificationThe Government are in frequent discussions with the rail freight sector. This is an important element of our decarbonisation strategy, as it takes goods away from the roads and…19 Jan 2021HANSARDRailways: ElectrificationAs I mentioned in response to a previous question, the industry is well aware that emissions consist of not just carbon but particulates as well, and these will impact passengers…19 Jan 2021HANSARDRailways: ElectrificationMy Lords, these things take a long time not because of delays but because of all the quite correct processes that these schemes need to go through. The noble Lord points out that…19 Jan 2021HANSARDRailways: ElectrificationThis Government have invested £235 million in the strategic freight network in the five years from 2014. We appreciate that the intermodal connectivity hubs are incredibly…19 Jan 2021HANSARDRailways: ElectrificationI am not aware of whether we have investigated the HS1 line specifically, but the Government do support modal shift for freight. For 2021, we increased the modal shift revenue…19 Jan 2021