Helicopter Flights: Central London Debate
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Lord Hamilton of Epsom
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Helicopter Flights: Central London
Lord Hamilton of Epsom Excerpts(11 years, 10 months ago)
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Earl Attlee
My Lords, it is for the Air Accidents Investigation Branch to choose whether or not to comment on this matter. Provision of fire cover in London is a matter for the mayor under the legislation introduced by the party opposite.
Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Does my noble friend accept that many of the helicopter flights over London are carried out by the police when they carry out surveillance? It is an astronomically expensive way of doing it. Have the Government considered using drones for this activity?