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HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements etc.) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements etc.) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your…27 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements etc.) Regulations 2025I thank hon. Members for being here for the consideration of the draft regulations. Let me respond to the hon. Member for Orpington, in particular, by saying that the Department…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Coastguard Helicopter ServicesIt is a pleasure and an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss, as we have become great friends over our time in Parliament. I welcome the Opposition spokesperson,…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Coastguard Helicopter ServicesThe chief executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will write to the relevant right hon. and hon. Members this month to advise them of the maintenance of the readiness…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Coastguard Helicopter ServicesSpeaking of what Scotland provides for its NHS, I recently visited the CAELUS project in Aberdeen. Drone technology has been enhanced to carry blood supplies very quickly in order…14 Jan 2025HANSARDChanges to International Maritime LawI am making this statement to record updates to maritime legislation as a result of changes to international law. This fulfils a commitment made to Parliament to make such a…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsChanges made during the pandemic crippled airport duty-free shopping. I will get the hon. Member a more detailed letter on the matter.09 Jan 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation FuelsThe hon. Gentleman runs his car on synthetic fuel, so I know his passion. There are many ways to get to SAF. The SAF mandate is supported by industry, and there is a real…09 Jan 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation FuelsI thank my hon. Friend, who has been a huge campaigner for Grangemouth. We have committed to bringing forward the revenue certainty mechanism. We have already legislated for a 2%…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEuropean Geostationary Navigation Overlay ServiceIt is an important issue. We are considering the costs and benefits of all options, and it is very good particularly for regional airports. We are working with the EU to identify…09 Jan 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation FuelsThe hon. Member is a doughty champion of air travel and SAF in Northern Ireland. Through the advanced fuels fund, we have 13 projects and we are currently investing well over £100…09 Jan 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation FuelsI think the good will ended with “happy birthday.” I remind the shadow Minister that a little over 12 months ago, in one of his better videos, the then Prime Minister came out…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEuropean Geostationary Navigation Overlay ServiceI am grateful to the hon. Member for putting this on my radar. [ Interruption. ] Too early? [ Laughter. ]09 Jan 2025HANSARDEuropean Geostationary Navigation Overlay ServiceThe Department for Transport is working with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to consider options for the UK’s access to a navigation system of this type,…09 Jan 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation FuelsThe SAF mandate, which is one of the first pioneering policies of its kind, came into force on 1 January 2025 to build domestic demand for SAF. We are also growing UK supply…09 Jan 2025HANSARDMV Ruby: SafetyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and wish him a happy Christmas as well; we share the same dry cleaner, Mr George, who regularly asks after the hon. Gentleman. I…19 Dec 2024HANSARDMV Ruby: SafetyWell, Madam Deputy Speaker, it is the season of good will. First and foremost, I want to say that I am proud of this nation. I think I am prouder of this nation than the hon.…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Gatwick Airspace Modernisation ReviewGatwick did pass stage 2 of the CAA’s CAP 1616 process. That is a transparent process, and it is fully consulted on at stage 3. The right hon. Member mentions noise in particular,…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Gatwick Airspace Modernisation ReviewIt is the space-time continuum.18 Dec 2024HANSARD Gatwick Airspace Modernisation ReviewAs I have already stated, there is full public consultation at stage 3, and the hon. Member and his constituents will have the right to fully engage in that. I do encourage people…18 Dec 2024