Adjournment debate on Thursday, 22 November 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Jim Fitzpatrick. The answering member was Simon Burns.

Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing

[Relevant documents: Seventeenth Report of the Transport Committee, Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (ATOL) Reform, HC 1798, and the Government Response, HC 557.]

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 553 cc215-230WH
Session: 2012-13
Department: Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 c215WH (Link to this contribution)
On a point of order, Mr Williams. Before you start proceedings, can I raise a couple of questions...; Mark Lazarowicz | 553 c215WH (Link to this contribution)
Edinburgh North.; Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 c215WH (Link to this contribution)
My apologies. My hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz) clearly h...; Hywel Williams | 553 cc215-6WH (Link to this contribution)
Thank you for that point of order, Mr Fitzpatrick. I think we have shown a degree of forbearance....; Louise Ellman | 553 c216WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Williams. I am pleased to present two Trans...; Mark Lazarowicz | 553 c216WH (Link to this contribution)
Before my hon. Friend proceeds, does she agree that, although we are discussing the first report,...; Louise Ellman | 553 cc216-7WH (Link to this contribution)
I agree with my hon. Friend. I certainly wish Ministers to listen to what I have to say, and I ha...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 c217WH (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is outlining clearly the background to the ATOL scheme and illustrating the detail...; Louise Ellman | 553 c217WH (Link to this contribution)
Yes, I will be referring to that point. I would like some information from the Minister on what h...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 c217WH (Link to this contribution)
Having read the recommendations from my hon. Friend’s Committee and the Government response, one ...; Louise Ellman | 553 cc217-8WH (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend’s comments reflect views that the Committee has heard over a long period—we have b...; Mark Lazarowicz | 553 c218WH (Link to this contribution)
That is important because, as my hon. Friend said, normal people make their holiday arrangements,...; Louise Ellman | 553 cc218-220WH (Link to this contribution)
I agree with my hon. Friend that the matter needs to be pursued in the European arena, because th...; Mark Lazarowicz | 553 c220WH (Link to this contribution)
That is particularly important because in the few instances of airlines going out of business in ...; Louise Ellman | 553 cc220-1WH (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an important point. One issue raised during our inquiry was that the Europea...; Hywel Williams | 553 c221WH (Link to this contribution)
I call Jim Fitzpatrick.
1.55 pm; Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 c221WH (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry, Mr Williams, as that comes as a bit of a surprise in that I was anticipating other co...; Iain Stewart | 553 c221WH (Link to this contribution)
In the interests of clarity, I should say that my ambition is to speak in the second debate. I ho...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 cc221-3WH (Link to this contribution)
Given the number of colleagues who have been able to attend, and given other business in the Hous...; Simon Burns | 553 cc223-4WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Williams, and I am pleased that the Transpo...; Louise Ellman | 553 c224WH (Link to this contribution)
I completely accept the Minister’s apology. At times, we all get caught out by changes in the tim...; Simon Burns | 553 cc224-5WH (Link to this contribution)
I am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady, who is being remarkably generous in the circumstances. ...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 c225WH (Link to this contribution)
I hope that the Minister will forgive me if I have missed this point in his comments, and if he h...; Simon Burns | 553 cc225-6WH (Link to this contribution)
I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I will certainly come back to him because I al...; Louise Ellman | 553 c226WH (Link to this contribution)
I am reassured by the information that the right hon. Gentleman is now giving us, but can he say ...; Simon Burns | 553 c226WH (Link to this contribution)
I would very much like to do so, but that would give too many hostages to fortune at this stage, ...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 c227WH (Link to this contribution)
I appreciate the statistics that the Minister has just cited. I confess to being a little surpris...; Simon Burns | 553 c227WH (Link to this contribution)
I can understand the hon. Gentleman’s point. I think, though, that, up to a point the relatively ...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 c227WH (Link to this contribution)
One point referred to earlier is the consumer’s awareness of whether what they purchase is ATOL-p...; Simon Burns | 553 cc227-8WH (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman makes an extremely valid point. For any scheme, a crucial element, apart from ...; Louise Ellman | 553 c228WH (Link to this contribution)
Does the Minister know when the CAA intends to embark on the advertising and the promotion of inf...; Simon Burns | 553 c228WH (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that intervention, because it raises an important issue. As I ...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 553 cc228-9WH (Link to this contribution)
I was going to ask the Minister another question but, if I may, I will ask him a supplementary to...; Simon Burns | 553 cc229-230WH (Link to this contribution)
On the last point, to the best of my knowledge, there are no figures, and I suspect that, by thei...
Subjects: Consumers Aviation Insolvency Insurance Protection Package holidays Tour operators ATOL Air Travel Trust Fund
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