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Civil Aviation Bill

Regarding my noble friend’s comments on insurance, will he confirm that if there is a problem with the third-party liability, given the need for all the airlines within the European Union to act in a similar competitive way, there is always a risk that some of the other airlines and some of the other member states might be tempted to avoid state aids problems by getting a quick subsidy from their governments? Will my noble friend take that into account in the ongoing negotiations? The European Energy and Transport Forum, of which I am a member, has recently published a very interesting report on transport security—on which I am no expert—which emphasises the need for common rules across the Community to avoid unfair competition due to state aids, or lack of.