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HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his answers, which I shall read…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to these amendments today. Before speaking to the individual amendments, I would like to reflect on how great it has been to…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]What I actually said was that the syllabus was 30 years old. I hope the noble Lord understood that correctly.16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I start with an apology. I could not be here for Second Reading because I was gale-bound on the Isles of Scilly due to the failure of the air services. Therefore, it…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, very briefly, I support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower. I think he will agree that much of what he said—and it was reflected as well…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDSouth East Water: Disruption of SupplyMy Lords, will my noble friend resist the temptation to build more desalination plants in areas of this country that are pretty wet already? In Cornwall, South West Water is…08 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I would like to take the debate back to transport: I suppose that is no great surprise. I certainly welcome the introductory speech from my noble friend the Minister,…20 May 2026HANSARDRail Safety Recommendations: BacklogMy Lords, given RAIB’s success in detecting what went wrong with various different accidents and making the recommendations—some are late but some of the recommendations are…28 Apr 2026HANSARDClean Power 2030 Action Plan: Rural CommunitiesMy Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, in discussing these various means of producing energy and transmitting it and whether it is best to do…22 Apr 2026HANSARDTrains: PunctualityMy Lords, can my noble friend explain whether, in addition to making the trains run on time, he has any plans with Great British Railways to offer some food on the trains? My…20 Apr 2026HANSARDRail FreightMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister mentioned the issue of competition for rail freight. I am pleased to hear him say that the Government are keen to grow rail freight, but it…13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to talk about the south-west, following the comments made by the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, and about how well the greater south-west grouping is…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I join my noble friend in congratulating the Government on this pavement parking issue. I will speak in a bit more detail to Amendment 100 and focus on insurance, which…26 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Infrastructure Resilience: Storms and FloodsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the resilience of rail infrastructure against future storms and floods.19 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Infrastructure Resilience: Storms and FloodsMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for that Answer and to know how much work Network Rail is doing to mitigate the effect of global warming. But when we look at the…19 Mar 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for introducing this draft order and the many noble Lords who have expressed concern. The noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, and the noble Lord,…12 Mar 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, I support this amendment, which we discussed at some length in Committee. The amendments then, which other noble Lords supported, covered the relationship between the…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, this is a very interesting amendment, because a revenue certainty contract, as the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, said, is wonderful for the suppliers. It presumably links in…10 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Transport: Remote CommunitiesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the service, quality and affordability of public transport to remote communities.09 Feb 2026