Letter dated 07/03/2019 from Baroness Sugg to Lord Rosser and Baroness Randerson regarding issues raised in the debate on the Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019: impact of the Pan-European function being removed, Eurocontrol, research development and deployment of new technology and the costs of implementing the EU SESAR Pilot Common Project (PCP). 2p.

Letter dated 07/03/2019 from Baroness Sugg to Lord Rosser and Baroness Randerson regarding issues raised in the debate on the Air Traffic Management (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019: impact of the Pan-European function being removed, Eurocontrol, research development and deployment of new technology and the costs of implementing the...

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, this draft instrument will be made using powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and will be needed if the UK leaves the European Union in March without a deal. It amends single European sky legislation, the four basic regulations which provide the framework for EU air...

My Lords, this draft instrument will be made using powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and will be needed if the UK leaves the European Union in March without a deal. It amends single European sky legislation, the four basic regulations which provide the framework for EU air...

My Lords, no SI better epitomises the efforts of the Government to force us into splendid isolation. Anyone who has studied history at any time will remember that 19th-century concept of British diplomacy—which got us precisely nowhere in the end.

Modern air traffic management is based on a complex network of...

My Lords, no SI better epitomises the efforts of the Government to force us into splendid isolation. Anyone who has studied history at any time will remember that 19th-century concept of British diplomacy—which got us precisely nowhere in the end.

Modern air traffic management is based on a complex network of...

Again, I thank the Minister for explaining the purpose of this SI. As before, some of the points that I wanted to raise were touched on by the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson.

The first relates to paragraph 7.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum, to which the noble Baroness referred—particularly the reference to,

“pan-European...

Again, I thank the Minister for explaining the purpose of this SI. As before, some of the points that I wanted to raise were touched on by the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson.

The first relates to paragraph 7.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum, to which the noble Baroness referred—particularly the reference to,

“pan-European...

I thank noble Lords for their consideration of these draft regulations and turn to some of the questions raised. On participation in the UK-Ireland functional airspace block—the FAB—it is currently the only FAB we are part of but, in the event of no deal, there would be no legal basis...

I thank noble Lords for their consideration of these draft regulations and turn to some of the questions raised. On participation in the UK-Ireland functional airspace block—the FAB—it is currently the only FAB we are part of but, in the event of no deal, there would be no legal basis...

What is the figure likely to be that the Government will have to underwrite?

What is the figure likely to be that the Government will have to underwrite?

I am afraid that I do not have a specific figure. Future funding is under consideration as part of our wider airspace modernisation project. That will be looked at through the CAA, which has a contingency fund for airspace modernisation costs, including the deployment of new technology.

It is important to...

I am afraid that I do not have a specific figure. Future funding is under consideration as part of our wider airspace modernisation project. That will be looked at through the CAA, which has a contingency fund for airspace modernisation costs, including the deployment of new technology.

It is important to...

My Lords, I do not think that the Minister answered my noble friend Lord Rosser’s question on this instrument, or the previous one, about consultation with the trade unions. As she is aware, I am the vice-president of BALPA.

My Lords, I do not think that the Minister answered my noble friend Lord Rosser’s question on this instrument, or the previous one, about consultation with the trade unions. As she is aware, I am the vice-president of BALPA.

My apologies for not answering that question. We meet BALPA regularly to discuss a variety of issues, including Brexit. I cannot recall discussing this specific SI with BALPA but it is incredibly important that, as we develop these SIs, we take into account industry’s needs, our regulators’ needs and of...

My apologies for not answering that question. We meet BALPA regularly to discuss a variety of issues, including Brexit. I cannot recall discussing this specific SI with BALPA but it is incredibly important that, as we develop these SIs, we take into account industry’s needs, our regulators’ needs and of...

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

New clause 4 (Air pollution and vehicle technology) debated and withdrawn. New clause 6 (Licensing and accreditation scheme for technicians working on automated and electric vehicles) debated and withdrawn. New clause 8 (Consultation on the collection and use of data from automated and electric vehicles) debated and withdrawn. New clause 11 (Membership of European Aviation Safety Agency), discussed with new clause 12 (Single European Skies Movement Research project) and new clause 13 (Membership of the European common aviation area), debated and withdrawn. New clause 14 (Safe use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the UK) debated and withdrawn. New clause 16 (Review of part 1) debated and withdrawn. Bill to be reported, without amendment. Written evidence reported to the House.

New clause 4 (Air pollution and vehicle technology) debated and withdrawn. New clause 6 (Licensing and accreditation scheme for technicians working on automated and electric vehicles) debated and withdrawn. New clause 8 (Consultation on the collection and use of data from automated and electric vehicles) debated and withdrawn. New clause...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department has taken to oppose the recent decision of the European Parliament to exclude Gibraltar from the Single European Sky project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department has taken to oppose the recent decision of the European Parliament to exclude Gibraltar from the Single European Sky project.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 12 March (WA 375), in relation to the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR), how many work packages have to date involved general aviation.[HL264]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 12 March (WA 375), in relation to the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR), how many work packages have to date involved general aviation.[HL264]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the €600 million research budget provided to the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) by the European Union will be dedicated to furthering research into enhancing general aviation safety. [HL5791]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the €600 million research budget provided to the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) by the European Union will be dedicated to furthering research into enhancing general aviation safety. [HL5791]

I will attend the first Transport Council of the Lithuanian presidency (the presidency) taking place in Luxembourg on Thursday 10 October.

There will be an orientation debate on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation...

I will attend the first Transport Council of the Lithuanian presidency (the presidency) taking place in Luxembourg on Thursday 10 October.

There will be an orientation debate on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation...

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Kramer) (LD): My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill) has made the following Ministerial Statement:

I will attend the first Transport Council of the Lithuanian Presidency (the Presidency) taking place in Luxembourg on Thursday 10 October.

There will...

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Kramer) (LD): My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill) has made the following Ministerial Statement:

I will attend the first Transport Council of the Lithuanian Presidency (the Presidency) taking place in Luxembourg on Thursday 10 October.

There will...