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HANSARDHorizon: Sub-postmaster ConvictionsMy Lords, depending on court appeals, the Post Office may be liable to pay further compensation. Does it have insurance against computer system failure? Is it obligatory for…11 Jun 2020HANSARDQuarantine: Scientific AdviceMy Lords, objection to and ridicule of this devolved policy is widespread. The SI for England is 22 pages, for Wales 26 pages. They are massively complicated—a valiant attempt to…10 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: AviationMy Lords, will the 14-day isolation period after arrival at UK airfields include individuals who travel overseas on business from the UK and return later that day, or perhaps,…04 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Security RisksMy Lords, NATO’s Rapid Air Mobility initiative, RAM, was activated by the North Atlantic Council on 31 March to help the movement of supplies critical to combating Covid-19. Have…19 May 2020HANSARDHong Kong: Covid-19My Lords, I too welcome and thank the noble Lord, Lord Pendry, for giving us the opportunity to speak about problems facing the citizens of Hong Kong. Others have dealt with…19 Mar 2020HANSARDArmed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2020My Lords, I support this renewal of the Armed Forces Act. In previous debates on renewing the Act, I have taken the opportunity to raise the thorny issue of combat immunity and…16 Mar 2020HANSARDArmed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2020Just to be absolutely clear in my own mind, are we talking about legislation? The noble Baroness has talked about giving the Armed Forces assurances, but I think she just said…16 Mar 2020HANSARDWar Widows’ PensionMy Lords, the Minister is relying on the usual excuse of no retrospection. I remind her that in the 1980s an award was given to widows. It was deemed to be an award and therefore…25 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I will speak to my probing Amendment 27 and to Amendment 30. I follow the strong words that we have just heard from the noble Lord. As I and many others stressed on Second…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]The noble Baroness said the constable has the power to seize, but has he powers to retain and make forfeit, or would it be just a temporary seizure until such time as the courts…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I am sorry to interrupt again, but on a minor thing, as I said in my opening remarks a single misbehaviour under what would be a fixed penalty notice would not be a cause for…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I come back to the point that the purpose is its deterrent value. It would also have a public relations value. Rather than telling the owner of a drone that he or she may not fly…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]As a result of what happened at Gatwick, steps have been taken. So, it is not a case of just legislation stopping or not stopping it. Additional measures have been taken which…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her reply, which I shall obviously want to look at. I am still left very unclear about the depth of thought that has been given to this. She talks about…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I too support the thrust of these three amendments. On the first of them I would need to be quite clear, though, whether the requirements of particular safety features…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 26. These are probing amendments about the phrase, in lines 8, 6 and 16 on page 64, “the person is controlling the unmanned aircraft” and…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I first pick up the question that the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, started with, which is whether we shall end at the target of Amendment 23. My understanding is that…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I wonder whether the Minister can clear up something in my mind and perhaps in those of other noble Lords. We have talked about general aviation in the usual sense but,…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I have no particular difficulty with the idea of compensating somebody who is being adversely affected by a decision for larger national reasons, but going back to the concern…10 Feb 2020