Information since 18 Mar 2025, 7:31 a.m.
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Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
30 speeches (6,146 words) 3rd reading Friday 4th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) Which will amend two sections of the Space Industry Act 2018 to provide legal certainty that all spaceflight - Link to Speech 2: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) on having such a massive effect on the UK space industry by changing just two words in the Space Industry Act - Link to Speech 3: Mike Reader (Lab - Northampton South) Friend the Member for Glasgow East said, it will make a big difference.The Space Industry Act 2018 laid - Link to Speech 4: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) Others have already gone through the legal niceties of the Space Industry Act 2018, so I do not propose - Link to Speech |
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Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
8 speeches (1,063 words) Committee stage Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Public Bill Committees Department for Transport Mentions: 1: John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) more small satellites than anywhere outside California.Clause 1 amends two sections of the Space Industry Act - Link to Speech 2: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) That is why the Space Industry Act contains powers to limit a spaceflight operator’s liability when carrying - Link to Speech |
| Select Committee Documents |
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Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Written Evidence - Meridian Space Command SPA0098 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: Licensing under the Space Industry Act 2018 and Outer Space Act 1986 remains administratively burdensome |
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Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Written Evidence - Astroscale Ltd SPA0092 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: work encompassed primary and secondary legislation, including the Outer Space Act 1986, the Space Industry Act |
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Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Written Evidence - London Institute of Space Policy and Law SPA0097 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: Is it the case that the UK’s regulatory environment, anchored in the 2018 Space Industry Act, is “world |
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Wednesday 18th June 2025
Written Evidence - The Chart Think Tank SPA0066 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: In recent years, the UK has modernised its space governance framework through the Space Industry Act |
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Monday 16th June 2025
Written Evidence - Royal Aeronautical Society SPA0057 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: Aviation Authority (CAA) should continue developing internationally aligned regulations under the Space Industry Act |
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Monday 16th June 2025
Written Evidence - Global Network On Sustainability In Space SPA0063 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: sustainable development of space has been made clear through: embedding guidelines in the 2018 Space Industry Act |
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Wednesday 4th June 2025
Written Evidence - Astroscale SPA0041 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: The Space Industry Act presents further challenges. |
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Wednesday 4th June 2025
Written Evidence - Satellite Applications Catapult SPA0049 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: missions require an Orbital Operators Licence from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) under the Space Industry Act |
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Wednesday 4th June 2025
Written Evidence - RAND Europe SPA0043 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: for UK space launch capabilities has evolved significantly with the implementation of the Space Industry Act |
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Tuesday 20th May 2025
Written Evidence - Eutelsat OneWeb SPA0017 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: Domestic and International Regulation Space Licensing and Regulation The Space Industry Act 2018 has |
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Tuesday 20th May 2025
Written Evidence - The Open University, and Imperial College, London SPA0022 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: future UK- licensed missions must adhere to the COSPAR planetary protection requirements (Space Industry Act |
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Tuesday 20th May 2025
Written Evidence - University of Strathclyde SPA0033 - UK Engagement with Space UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: share.2 The UK has been a global leader in modern regulation of space activities with the Space Industry Act |
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Monday 12th May 2025
Oral Evidence - London Institute of Space Policy and Law, and Earth Space Sustainability Initiative UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: We have a comprehensive law through the Outer Space Act and the Space Industry Act. |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Written Evidence - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Scotland Office SSS0004 - Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: The UK has put in place a modern legal framework via the Space Industry Act and a regulator (Civil |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Written Evidence - University of Strathclyde SSS0003 - Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: The UK is a global leader in modern regulation of space activities with the Space Industry Act 20181 |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Written Evidence - Civil Aviation Authority SSS0002 - Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: The principal legislation that applies to spaceflight is the Space Industry Act 20181, the Space Industry |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-04-23 10:50:00+01:00 Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: That is a real strength of having a goal-setting Act such as the Space Industry Act. |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-04-23 10:10:00+01:00 Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: That is a real strength of having a goal-setting Act such as the Space Industry Act. |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-04-23 09:30:00+01:00 Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: That is a real strength of having a goal-setting Act such as the Space Industry Act. |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-04-23 09:30:00+01:00 Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: That is a real strength of having a goal-setting Act such as the Space Industry Act. |
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Monday 24th March 2025
Oral Evidence - SaxaVord Spaceport, Skyrora, and UK Launch Services Ltd UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: Lord Clement-Jones: Is that looking at the Space Industry Act and things of that sort? |
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Monday 24th March 2025
Oral Evidence - SpaceForge, ClearSpace, and BioOrbit UK Engagement with Space - UK Engagement with Space Committee Found: The UK’s Space Industry Act does not currently provide for the ability, effectively, to license re-entry |
| Secondary Legislation |
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Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025: Ministry of Justice Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative Laid: Tuesday 22nd July - In Force: 6 Oct 2025 Found: Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2) and section 67 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to, the Space Industry Act |
| Bill Documents |
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Jul. 18 2025
HL Bill 120 Explanatory Notes Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill 2024-26 Explanatory Notes Found: Commons on 7 July 2025 (HL Bill 120) 2 2 Overview of the Bill 1 This Bill amends the Space Industry Act |
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Jul. 07 2025
HL Bill 120 (as brought from the Commons) Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill 2024-26 Bill Found: the same, as follows:— 1 Licence terms relating to indemnification of government etc In the Space Industry Act |
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Jun. 30 2025
The UK Space Industry Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: The UK Space Industry Summary 1 Overview of UK space industry 2 Strategy and policy 3 Space Industry Act |
| National Audit Office |
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Jul. 22 2025
Department for Transport’s annual report and accounts (PDF) Found: The Department has accepted obligations to indemnify operators under the Space Industry Act 2018 (the |
| Department Publications - Transparency |
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Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Department for Transport Source Page: DfT: annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: The Department has accepted obligations to indemnify operators under the Space Industry Act 2018 (the |
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Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Department for Transport Source Page: DfT: annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: The Department has accepted obligations to indemnify operators under the Space Industry Act 2018 (the |
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Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Department for Transport Source Page: DfT: annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: The Department has accepted obligations to indemnify operators under the Space Industry Act 2018 (the |
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Thursday 10th July 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: DSIT annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: 1986 (which regulates spaceflight activities carried out by U K entities overseas) and the Space Industry Act |
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Thursday 10th July 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: DSIT annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: 1986 (which regulates spaceflight activities carried out by U K entities overseas) and the Space Industry Act |
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Thursday 15th May 2025
HM Treasury Source Page: Main Supply Estimates 2025 to 2026 Document: (PDF) Found: With the coming into force of the Space Industry Act on 29 July 2021, this act now regulates licensed |
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Thursday 15th May 2025
HM Treasury Source Page: Main Supply Estimates 2025 to 2026 Document: (PDF) Found: With the coming into force of the Space Industry Act on 29 July 2021, this act now regulates licensed |
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Friday 28th March 2025
Department for Transport Source Page: Civil Aviation Authority framework agreement Document: (PDF) Found: Act 1982, the Airports Act 1986, the Transport Act 2000, the Civil Aviation Act 2012 and the Space Industry Act |
| Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation |
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Jul. 30 2025
Government Operational Research Service Source Page: The AQuA Book Document: DESNZ Annual report (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: . • With the coming into force of the Space Industry Act on 29 July 2021, this act now regulates licensed |
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May. 08 2025
UK Space Agency Source Page: UK planetary protection technical framework Document: UK planetary protection technical framework (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: protection requirements for lunar and beyond Earth orbit missions under Outer Space Act 1986 and Space Industry Act |
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Jul. 21 2025
UK Space Agency Source Page: UK Space Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: 1986 (which regulates spaceflight activities carried out by UK entities overseas) and the Space Industry Act |
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Jul. 21 2025
UK Space Agency Source Page: UK Space Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2024-2025 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: 1986 (which regulates spaceflight activities carried out by UK entities overseas) and the Space Industry Act |