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COP 27: Commitments

My Lords, before I embark on my comments, I echo the thanks given by all Members of the House today to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, for introducing this debate, with his prescient and occasionally optimistic summary of the outcome of COP 27.

I also join all those...
Member
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 November 2022
Reference
825 cc1512-5
House
House of Lords
Aviation: Air Quality
My Lords, most modern commercial aircraft are fitted with high-efficiency particulate air filters, which are very efficient in removing airborne contaminants such as droplets, bacteria and large viral particles. Compulsory fitting of filters for volatile organic compounds would have to be required by the regulator, the European Aviation Safety Agency, on the basis of evidence that there was a harmful substance in cabin air and that a particular specification of filter would remove it.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
14 July 2008
Reference
703 c972-3
House
House of Lords
Aviation: Air Quality
My Lords, if 50 per cent of the air reaching passenger cabins were unfiltered and contaminated, as the noble Baroness suggests, I have a feeling that there would be a major crisis in the aviation industry and that very few planes would take off. It is not correct to say that. Studies such as those conducted by the European CabinAir project have shown that the levels of chemical and biological contaminants in aircraft are normally lower than in many work environments, such as office buildings. Compulsory fitting of filters, as suggested by the noble Baroness, for volatile organic compounds would have to be required by the regulator on the basis of evidence. At present, there is no such evidence.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
14 July 2008
Reference
703 c973
House
House of Lords
Aviation: Air Quality
My Lords, I understand the noble Countess’s question about Dr Mackenzie Ross’s approach to this matter but that researcher has not yet provided sufficient information to justify the very rare step of using CAA pilots’ addresses to recruit them for that form of research. That remains a difficulty. We need to keep a sense of proportion about this issue. If the case were as the noble Baroness, Lady Trumpington, made out, I think that there would be a profound problem. There is not a profound problem, and no research has yet substantiated that claim.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
14 July 2008
Reference
703 c973-4
House
House of Lords
Aviation: Air Quality
My Lords, we do take this seriously, and that is exactly why we have commissioned further research from Cranfield University. There is a question mark over the veracity of some of the research that has been quoted—in particular, that of Professor van Netten. We remain sceptical of that work because, in correspondence with the department, the professor was unable to give information on the chain of custody for samples that were apparently taken without the knowledge of UK airlines. As to the epidemiological survey to which the noble Lord referred, there are some difficulties with the methodology. Those need to be very carefully considered and I understand that further thought is being given to them.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
14 July 2008
Reference
703 c973
House
House of Lords
Aviation: Air Quality
My Lords, oxygen supply is a different question from studies of cabin air quality. Let us try to keep a sense of proportion about this. So far, on the worst estimates possible, a fume event—that is what we are talking about—takes place on fewer than one in 2,000 flights, and there is considerable dispute about what the quality of such a fume event might be. I have written to the noble Baroness, Lady Trumpington, on the oxygen issue. There is no evidence to suggest any variation at all in the level of oxygen supply, and my understanding is that the suggestion that the crew somehow interfere with the supply of oxygen is not true either.
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
14 July 2008
Reference
703 c974
House
House of Lords
Aviation: Air Quality
Whether they will require all the air entering passenger aircraft to be filtered.
Asked by
Baroness Trumpington (Conservative)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
14 July 2008
Reference
703 c972-3
House
House of Lords
Carbon Emissions: New Cars

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly) has made the following Ministerial Statement. The Government are today publishing a consultation document and accompanying impact assessment on the European Commission proposal for a regulation on the CO2 emissions of new cars, putting in place a framework...
Member
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Department
Department for Transport
Type
Written statements
Date
10 July 2008
Reference
703 c39-40WS
House
House of Lords
Local Transport Plans

asked Her Majesty's Government:What guidance they are giving to local authorities on the priority to give to low-carbon travel in their local transport plans.
Asked by
Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 July 2008
Reference
4666; 703 c77WA
House
House of Lords
Sustainable Transport

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly) has made the following Ministerial Statement. Since the publication of Towards a Sustainable Transport System in October 2007, my department has been engaging with stakeholders on our longer-term transport strategy post-2014. In this initial phase of work, views...
Member
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Department
Department for Transport
Type
Written statements
Date
1 July 2008
Reference
703 c11WS
House
House of Lords
EU: Transport Council

My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Transport (Rosie Winterton) has made the following Ministerial Statement. I attended the second Transport Council of the Slovenian presidency, in Luxembourg on 13 June. In road transport, the council reached a political agreement on each of three legislative proposals: the recast...
Member
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Department
Department for Transport
Type
Written statements
Date
23 June 2008
Reference
702 c89-90WS
House
House of Lords
EU: Transport Council

My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Transport (Rosie Winterton) has made the following Ministerial Statement. I will attend the second Transport Council of the Slovenian presidency which takes place in Luxembourg on 13 June. In road transport, there were progress reports to the April council on three...
Member
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Department
Department for Transport
Type
Written statements
Date
11 June 2008
Reference
702 c47-8WS
House
House of Lords
Airports: Heathrow

asked Her Majesty's Government:What progress has been made in reducing atmospheric pollution around Heathrow airport.
Asked by
Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 June 2008
Reference
3787; 702 c51-2WA
House
House of Lords
Antarctic: Tourist Ships

I am very grateful to the noble Viscount, Lord Montgomery, for initiating this debate. He is very knowledgeable on the subject and has a track record and history of taking legislation through your Lordships' House on issues relating to the Antarctic, and a strong personal interest in issues relating to...
Member
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
701 c404-9GC
House
House of Lords
Antarctic: Tourist Ships

One of the points in the document makes it clear that visitors should be aware of conditions and the restrictions placed on the Antarctic expeditionary stations and so on. The point is well made about the importance of ensuring that they have knowledge, so it is important to have guides...
Member
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
701 c409GC
House
House of Lords
Antarctic: Tourist Ships

Lords question for short debate on whether the passenger safety and environmental protection regulations covering tourist ships in Antarctic waters are satisfactory.
Lead member
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Answering member
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Department
Department for Transport
Type
Questions for short debate
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
701 c398-410GC
House
House of Lords
Antarctic: Tourist Ships

I would like to offer the noble Viscount reassurance this afternoon, but I do not have briefing on the funding arrangements for that. I think that it was the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, who raised another issue about Antarctic survey work, and I was conscious that I had not answered...
Member
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
701 c410GC
House
House of Lords
Marine Navigation Bill (Draft)

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick) has made the following Ministerial Statement. I am today publishing a draft Marine Navigation Bill, for public consultation and parliamentary pre-legislative scrutiny. The draft Bill contains legislative proposals to help to improve safety at sea and in our...
Member
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Department
Department for Transport
Type
Written statements
Date
6 May 2008
Reference
701 c19-20WS
House
House of Lords
Transport: Car Usage

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will introduce robust advertising and publicity programmes by central, regional and local government to persuade motorists to reduce their car usage.
Asked by
Lord Dykes (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 April 2008
Reference
2960; 700 c322WA
House
House of Lords
Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

What legislation would need to be amended to permit electric personal assistive mobility devices on the public highways or on pedestrian or cycle facilities in the United Kingdom.
Asked by
Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 April 2008
Reference
700 c196-7WA; 2928
House
House of Lords