Lord Palmer
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(5 years, 3 months ago)
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Baroness Sugg
The noble Lord is quite right; it is a challenge. We have brought in laws governing the use of drones within airport exclusion zones and across the country. It is against the law to fly your drone above 400 feet, but the noble Lord is right to point out that this is a complex issue.
Lord Palmer (CB)
My Lords, when are these committees hoping to report? Will they do so to her department or to Parliament as a whole?
Baroness Sugg
The airspace modernisation programme is under way and the process will take a number of years. We have not modernised our airspace for over 50 years, and doing so will bring a lot of benefits to the users of our airspace and the communities living around airports. We will ensure that the House is kept updated as plans develop.