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Civil Aviation Bill

We were going to get it anyway, so I have no difficulty with it. However, I have difficulty with yet another example of spin from the Government, who are trying to pretend that they are giving us something special when they are actually giving us something that we would have had in any event. A number of points have been made about the inadequacies of the quota system, and my noble Friend Lord Hanningfield dealt with them in detail in the other place on Report on 8 March. If any hon. Members have not read that speech yet, I encourage them to do so, because it highlights the intellectual inconsistency and political dishonesty of the Government’s position. I urge the House to hold firm behind the Lords amendment.