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HANSARDOffender Management: Checkpoint ProgrammeMy Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Bates, for securing this debate. I also thank him for his introduction and his review of the scheme. It was a comprehensive…27 Feb 2020HANSARDIndia: Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019My Lords, I too thank the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, for securing this debate. The citizenship Act passed by the Indian Parliament in 2019 is a blatant attempt to further…25 Feb 2020HANSARDAndrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2020My Lords, it is not the intention of the Labour Front Bench to oppose this order nor to rehearse the merits of the case. However, as a matter of principle, I would like the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureIf the Minister consults the Companion she will see that she can extend the 20 minutes as necessary to reply fully.11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureNo, it is an impossible bar. Perhaps the noble Baroness would consider writing for the Spectator . I welcome the Statement—not for what it says, which I will go through with some…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureMy Lords, that has rather spoilt my opening lines. I was of course going to thank the Minister for repeating the Statement, and also to suggest that if it were not for the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDPublic Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2019My Lords, the Labour Front Bench does not intend to oppose these statutory instruments but the essence of the case for getting rid of the commissioners is that, essentially, they…11 Feb 2020HANSARDPublic Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioners) Order 2019With respect, that does not answer the question. To be fair, I gave him a few hours’ notice of it. Subsequent questions suggest that it has not gone exactly right—that this money…11 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I apologise for that. I just feel that the issue of the environment is so important that one should take every reasonable opportunity to raise it. One area where we all know that…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment guarantees that general aviation is taken seriously in the process. General aviation is more important than people realise. Aviation 2050 : The F uture of…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate; I have rarely had so much support. The noble Viscount, Lord Goschen, hit the nail on the head. Let us go back…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, for the convenience of the House, I draw attention to the penultimate line on the front page of today’s list, which states that the target for the day is to complete…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]Will the Minister be kind enough to formally affirm that we will not take Amendment 24 today?10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]With those enthusiastic words, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, our four amendments in this group say more or less the same thing: the master plan may involve a need for compensation. The Bill asks the philosophical question of who…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]Does the Minister recognise that airline passengers pay quite considerable amounts of tax? It is not unreasonable for them to look to the state to provide operational efficiency…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, it will emerge as the afternoon goes on that I am somewhat unbelieving that this process will work. One reason I fear it may not work is the sheer lack of resources. The…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]While I take the noble Viscount’s point, does he accept that I have raised this point because the industry has come to us and expressed its concern? This is the same industry that…10 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]The assurances the Minister has just provided are clearly useful. Will they be formally published in any way, in an appropriate document—a CAP or something like that—so that the…10 Feb 2020