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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 8 December 2005. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Civil Aviation Bill.

Civil Aviation Bill

I recognise that the Minister is in an impossible and difficult position faced with this amendment. I am not an international lawyer, but while he says that we will be abrogating obligations under the various international air treaties, international lawyers would probably say that we had obligations under the convention on torture to prevent that. Therefore, if we turn a blind eye to it, we may be meeting the conventions on air traffic and air transport, but we are breaking our obligation under the convention on torture and thereby perhaps avoiding one trap but falling into a still more difficult one.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
676 c170GC 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Complaints Compensation Detainees Arrests Aviation Air pollution Buildings Competition Airports Air routes British Transport Police Damage Airlines Health Fees and charges Liability Environment Households Insurance Insulation Exhaust emissions Police Management Monitoring Passengers Noise Security Safety Tour operators London airports Air Travel Trust Countries
Legislation
Civil Aviation Bill 2005-06
Link
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