"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply, but the fact is that the welfare bill is heading towards £350 billion. The total income tax take last year was £330 billion, with public sector debt reaching 94% by mid-2026. In the last Government, Sir Keir Starmer could not persuade …..." Baroness Foster of Oxton - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord True for his comments. I wish to take noble Lords back to 1969 or 1970. I think most of us in this House—although not all—can probably remember those times fairly clearly. We had two state-owned airlines: BEA and BOAC. They were state-owned …..." Baroness Foster of Oxton - View Speech
"My Lords, I have some comments and observations. This is a wide-ranging group, and very varied regulations are part of it. We must be careful not to mix them all together. The former EU regulation 261/2004 was about delays and compensation and regulation 1107/2006 was about passengers with reduced mobility. …..." Baroness Foster of Oxton - View Speech
"My Lords, we have raised the issue of enforcement. It may be that amendments are put in place and will, I hope, reinforce the legislation but, unless legislation is enforced—we have strong regulations already in statute—then we are just having a conversation that does not go anywhere. I therefore ask …..." Baroness Foster of Oxton - View Speech
"My Lords, I support the comments made by my noble friend Lord Moylan. I do not think that there is a very simple solution. Before we covered all the legislation from the European Union, it was fairly straightforward for many decades in this country, as the CAA as a regulator …..." Baroness Foster of Oxton - View Speech
"My Lords, I support my noble friends Lord Kirkhope and Lord Goschen. This is an extremely important sector. Most people do not know that worldwide GA is actually a larger sector than commercial aviation.
"My Lords, I support the comments made by my noble friend Lord Grayling. I reiterate, as we had a very good debate in Committee, that, when the slot regulations were going through the European Parliament, even the Commission at that time, which liked to be involved in all sorts of …..." Baroness Foster of Oxton - View Speech
"My Lords, I strongly support the words of my noble friend Lord Young, and will add one small piece of information. While the passengers would not necessarily have compensation for the delays or cancellations in those circumstances, the airlines still have what is called a duty of care. Once an …..." Baroness Foster of Oxton - View Speech
"Before the Minister sits down, on flight time limitations and who takes charge of this, the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, may remember that prior to 2012 when the flight time limitations were dealt with by the European Union, we came under what was called CAP 371, so the Civil Aviation …..." Baroness Foster of Oxton - View Speech