Airports: London

Debate between Lord Swinfen and Baroness Kramer

Tuesday 4th November 2014 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Kramer]

My Lords, working from my transport brief, we look frequently at connectivity for airports and recognise that all transport has an important role to play in economic growth.

[Lord Swinfen (Con)]

My Lords, what consideration is being given to the expansion of Manston Airport, which has good rail and road communications with London and could easily mop up a lot of the unemployment on the Isle of Thanet?

[Baroness Kramer]

My Lords, I have to confess a lack of knowledge on that question, and I will gladly write to your Lordships.

Shipping: Passenger Safety

Debate between Lord Swinfen and Baroness Kramer

Wednesday 15th January 2014 Lords Chamber

[Lord Swinfen (Con)]

My Lords, what would be the comparative rates of survival for the two methods, life rafts and life rings, in cold winter water around our northern coasts?

[Baroness Kramer]

I assure your Lordships that this standard could not apply in winter weather; it is for summer only. It is for boats that are very close to the coast and for small excursion vessels. It is part of an appropriate safety regime to look at how the vessels are being used and to make sure that safety is appropriate to that rather than circumstances in which they cannot be used.