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HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I repeat my declaration of interest that I made on Tuesday as the non-exec chair of RVL Aviation. I will say a word or two about the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 110 and make one or two comments on the amendments that the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, spoke to. Amendment 69 seems perfectly sensible,…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, let me explain what the amendment would do and the rationale for why I have tabled it. It goes back to the famous document of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, that will be…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]I thank the Minister for that prompt. When we get that opportunity, we can no doubt ask whether the Government will take a view. For very sensible reasons—and I am not trying to…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 102A, also supported by the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, who is unfortunately not able to be with us today. He was here for day one in…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will primarily speak to my Amendment 73, which was suggested by IATA. I tabled it because I read it and thought it raised some important issues on which I want to test…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Moylan in two of his amendments. On Amendment 76, my noble friend made some very good points about making sure that we have a proper…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 mindful of the Whip’s injunctions on timing. Just very briefly then, before I seek leave to withdraw my amendment, my objective was to probe the Government’s…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 108 in my name, I will also speak to Amendments 116 and 117, also in this group. I am afraid it is my group, I suppose. This seems an appropriate…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful. On Amendment 108, I am very pleased that the Government are consulting on the process by which business rates revaluations are done for airports, given…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I wanted to let all the Members who had amendments speak first, notwithstanding the Front Benches. I just wanted to touch on one amendment where I think I can add some…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]I note that point; it is important when you look at the margins. It is clear that relatively small changes to the regulatory burden will have a direct impact. Businesses with…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]I want to press the Minister on my noble friend Lord Moylan’s Amendment 25. I completely understand why the Minister has taken the view that he has about not wanting it in the…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest, as set out in the register, as non-executive chair of RVL Aviation. I strongly support the purpose clause which my noble friend Lord Moylan has…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]No, I do not. The question I had to answer was that if you have a status quo and if you are going to make a change, you have to ask yourself, does the change drive an improvement…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDLord Mandelson Humble AddressMy Lords, can I just probe the Minister a little more on that question? The messages that were published between Lord Mandelson and the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister were…09 Jun 2026HANSARDUK Defence CapabilityMy Lords, the Minister drew attention to recent reports in the media about funding the defence investment plan. Given that we are only a few weeks away from its publication,…08 Jun 2026HANSARDAI Regulation BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Holmes for securing this debate, which has given us the opportunity, albeit briefly, to talk about this subject. I also thank the noble…04 Jun 2026