Commercial Air Routes: United Kingdom and East Africa Debate

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Commercial Air Routes: United Kingdom and East Africa

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Wednesday 13th February 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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My Lords, all of our decisions are based on our priorities of safety and security. We regularly look at our current system and will update it regularly.

Lord Tomlinson Portrait Lord Tomlinson (Lab)
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My Lords, can the Minister suggest to her right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport that he might suggest creating mythical new slots for mythical airlines without planes?

Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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My Lords, I was considering how noble Lords might be able to ask a question like that when we were talking about east African slots, but I had not considered that angle. We are interested in delivering real slots for real flights to new countries.

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