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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions disciplinary action has been taken against airlines for (a) breach of aircraft noise arrival and departure regulations and (b) failure to follow preferred routes into and from Belfast City Airport in each of the last three years. -...

Asked by
Roy Beggs (Ulster Unionist Party)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2003
Reference
144601; 415 c1007W
House
House of Commons

That this House notes with regret that the Montreal Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, which replaces the Warsaw Convention (1929) and came into force in 32 countries on 4th November 2003, fails to provide air travellers with the same basic rights and protection...

Primary sponsor
John P Smith (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
10 December 2003
Reference
267
House
House of Commons

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the European Union Select Committee on Open Skies or Open Markets: the Effect of the European Court of Justice Judgements on Aviation Relations between the European Union and the United States of America. (HL 92 2002/03). Agreed to on...

Lead member
Lord Woolmer of Leeds
Answering member
Viscount Astor
Department
Department for Transport; European Union Committee
Type
Debates on select committee reports
Date
8 December 2003
Reference
655 c565-92
House
House of Lords

Why airlines are not obliged to make announcements to passengers on incoming flights that it is illegal to bring food over the allocated amount and plant products into the United Kingdom, and that those found guilty of doing so would be liable to a substantial fine. [HL 106].

Asked by
Baroness Byford (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 December 2003
Reference
HL 106; 655 c37WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air accidents or serious incidents, in addition to total losses, involving United Kingdom-registered airlines are registered on the Airclaims CASE database for the last 10 years for which information is available; and what the comparable accident level was for airlines...

Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 December 2003
Reference
141246; 415 c51W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the European Commission regarding airport and business subsidies to low cost airlines; and if he will make a statement. - None.

Asked by
Lord Bellingham (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 December 2003
Reference
140522; 415 c25W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air accidents invoving United Kingdom-registered airlines were reported for the last decade for which figures are available; and what the comparable accident level was for airlines registered in (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) Germany. - Inc table.

Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 November 2003
Reference
140093; 413 c1446-7W;413 c1442-3W
House
House of Commons

Lords statement on what action they are taking to allow for the opening of Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island to civilian charter traffic. [HL 5491].

Asked by
Lord Acton (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 November 2003
Reference
HL 5491; 654 c244-5WA
House
House of Lords

Written Statement on the opening of the US Wideawake military airfield on Ascension Island to civilian charter traffic.

Member
Bill Rammell (Labour)
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written statements
Date
12 November 2003
Reference
413 c22WS
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) BA and (b) other carriers operating from UK airports concerning lost and misrouted luggage; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 2003
Reference
137852; 413 c165W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to amend the Montreal Convention by substituting (a) incident for accident and (b) personal injury for bodily injury.

Asked by
John P Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 2003
Reference
136998; 413 c15W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will press the European Union not to ratify the Montreal Protocol until airline liability is extended to include the health of air passengers.

Asked by
John P Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 2003
Reference
136999; 413 c15W
House
House of Commons

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase air passenger duty; what plans he has to end the tax exemption status of aviation fuel. - Inc ref to 412 c205W, 28 October 2003.

Asked by
John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 November 2003
Reference
412 c797-8W;412 c798W; 136399;136400
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the fairness of competition between airlines operating in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
David Marshall (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 November 2003
Reference
136181; 412 c634W;412 c640W
House
House of Commons

Whether they consider it to be in line with good commercial practice for airlines to deny boarding to passengers who have bought a valid ticket; and whether they will enquire into Air France's policy of overbooking on some of its flights from Newcastle. [HL 5149].

Asked by
Lord Inglewood (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 November 2003
Reference
654 c118-9WA; HL 5149
House
House of Lords

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the rates of (a) duty and (b) VAT on fuel for (i) aircraft on international flights, (ii) aircraft on domestic flights, (iii) cars, (iv) buses and (v) trains; if he will set out proposals for the future taxation of...

Asked by
Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 November 2003
Reference
412 c456W;412 c464W; 135176;135177
House
House of Commons

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place for refunding taxes on unused airline tickets; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Richard Ottaway (Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 October 2003
Reference
133038; 411 c620W;411 c624W
House
House of Commons

That this House notes with disgust, but no real surprise, the sharp practice adopted by the EasyJet Airline to exploit Scottish football fans wishing to travel to Holland to see the Euro 2004 qualifying play-off match between Holland and Scotland in Amsterdam; congratulates the Daily Record for exposing the fact...

Primary sponsor
David Marshall (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
14 October 2003
Reference
1734
House
House of Commons

Whether, in the light of the recent ban on direct flights by United Kingdom airlines to Nairobi and Mombasa this summer, they have any estimate of the cost to the Kenyan economy in terms of (a) lost revenues from tourism and (b) jobs, which have resulted from the ban. [HL...

Asked by
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 October 2003
Reference
653 c26-7WA; HL 4314
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who will cover the employment costs of sky marshals; how many sky marshals are available for duty on (a) UK airlines and (b) airlines flying into and out of the UK; how many sky marshals are being trained; and how long their...

Asked by
Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 September 2003
Reference
410 c763W;410 c761W; 129223;129224;129225;129226;129227;129228
House
House of Commons