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HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]May I just ask a specific question? If we countenance the situation where, for example, a plan coming from Heathrow to amend the routes into that airport clash with the routes…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDProstate Cancer Screening: AIMy Lords, although I very much welcome the programme for Black men, who are at greater risk, does the Minister not accept that very many of us who are not Black—I am one—have…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil 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 the noble Earl, Lord Russell, for his comments on my Amendment 61. I will speak to it only briefly, because it is pretty self-explanatory. The…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, we now move on to the slots regime. My two amendments in this group, Amendments 66 and 68, are designed to press the Government to understand what they are trying to…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]Can the Minister illustrate to me the kind of circumstance in which a criminal sanction is required?18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have had an interesting debate. Again, some important issues were raised. The noble Lord, Lord Empey, makes an important point. In fact, when reflecting on my own…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsMy Lords, on biodiversity aid—and I declare an interest as a trustee of the African Wildlife Foundation—both the United States and France are establishing new-type foundations,…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendments from my noble friends Lord Moylan and Lord Davies of Gower. This is not a failing market. This is a highly competitive environment, where both…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]Will my noble friend allow me to help him a little? He may have heard of a company called Network Rail, which, if my memory serves me correctly, must pay compensation to train…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 17 and 22 in this group. Following on from what my noble friend Lord Moylan has said, my concern is that the nature of the Civil Aviation…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]I have a simple question. What the Minister has not done is explain why it is necessary. What are the problems that this is designed to solve?16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDWelfare Reforms and Youth UnemploymentMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on today’s timely and important debate. I was Employment Minister back in 2010. We inherited a country in which unemployment was heading…11 Jun 2026HANSARDAirports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2026My Lords, I welcome these regulations. This is a core part of the current responsibility of the department in difficult times internationally. It is absolutely the right thing to…10 Jun 2026HANSARDAirports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2026The question I raised with the Minister is absolutely central to the Government’s decision to take a 5% or 10% figure. He said that the airlines wanted more. I explained a very…10 Jun 2026HANSARDAirports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2026I am not interested in what the airlines said they wanted, because the department took the decision to alight on a particular figure. The Minister has not explained why the…10 Jun 2026HANSARDWater CompaniesOn these issues, and further to the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, one thing the Government could do, which would be simple and quick, would be to give farmers…09 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble AddressHave the rules now been changed where an official mobile phone is supposedly stolen? Does that have to be reported? What is the process now?09 Jun 2026HANSARDLocal Government ReorganisationMy Lords, in a county such as Surrey, where the new arrangements are to come into play shortly, we also seem to be getting parish councils. Why are the Government replacing a…04 Mar 2026HANSARDGlobal Biodiversity Loss and National SecurityMy Lords, the Minister is well aware of the challenge that we face around our marine biodiversity. One thing we have been able to do since we left the European Union is improve…23 Feb 2026