Drones

Lord Trefgarne Excerpts
Tuesday 21st November 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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I shall make sure that a copy of my answers is put in the Library.

Lord Trefgarne Portrait Lord Trefgarne (Con)
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My Lords, I welcome the legislation announced by my noble friend, but will it deal with the recent menace of lasers directed at the cockpits of aircraft?

Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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My Lords, shining a laser at pilots or drivers is of course incredibly dangerous, and we are looking at how to address that. The legislation I am discussing today refers solely to drones and not to lasers.