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HANSARDDrones: Consultation ResponseAs we are hearing from around the world, protections against such a deliberate and disruptive attack are few and far between. The reality is that the Government and different…07 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: Consultation ResponseI know how strongly my right hon. Friend feels about the matter. Of course, the same issue would arise whether expansion took place at Gatwick, Stansted or Heathrow. The reality…07 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: Consultation ResponseOn the hon. Lady’s point about BALPA, we legislated last summer to make certain activities around airports illegal. That included the height at which a drone can be flown and the…07 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: Consultation ResponseThat is a serious point that we and the security services have been working on. We have been in conversation with airports about it for some considerable time, and two things are…07 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: Consultation ResponseI am grateful for the opportunity to reiterate my thanks to all those in and around Gatwick who worked so hard at an extremely difficult time for the airport. As for the…07 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: Consultation ResponseThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that the rhetoric we have heard today is many miles away from reality: his rhetoric! Let me restate the point that this was a crime. It was an…07 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: Consultation ResponseIt might be if we had not, but of course we legislated last year.07 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: Consultation ResponseWell, it is difficult to tell whether we got more nonsense today from the SNP or from Labour. The hon. Gentleman appears not to have noticed that we legislated last summer to…07 Jan 2019HANSARDDrones: Consultation ResponseI should like to make a statement about the action the Government are taking on our future policy on drones. The disruption caused by drones to flights at Gatwick airport last…07 Jan 2019HANSARDFerriesThe Government have entered into three contracts with ferry operators to provide additional ferry capacity and services into the UK as part of no-deal EU exit contingency…07 Jan 2019