Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing Bill

Order. I am sorry that I am not able to continue to enjoy the right hon. Gentleman’s oratory, but...

Madam Deputy Speaker, let me say—as the Speaker leaves the Chamber—that I was about to move to Jo...

rose—

I will happily give way to the hon. Gentleman, who played a useful role in the Committee to which...

I thank the Minister for giving way, and for saying that I played a useful role. As he knows, thi...

I would not want to test your patience, Madam Deputy Speaker, or indeed your largesse, by ranging...

I very much agreed with the Minister’s earlier philosophical comments about the appropriateness o...

I will come to that later, because the hon. Gentleman is right to draw attention to the role of t...

As the Minister knows, Cardiff international airport is owned by the Welsh people via our own Gov...

Prior to that first Bill, we had discussions with devolved Governments about its character and co...

The Minister looks delighted to give way on that specific point; I am sure he will want to say mo...

First, I apologise for ascribing Luton airport to the constituency neighbour of the hon. Gentlema...

The Minister is right to say that there is cross-party support for greater protection of consumer...

The hon. Lady will know that that, too, was raised in our discussions on what was originally know...

It is reported in the notes that between 1998 and 2009 the proportion of ATOL sales fell from 90%...

As I said at the beginning of my remarks, the purpose of this Bill is to ensure that ATOL remains...

Having also served on the Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill Committee, I have a sense of déjà ...

My hon. Friend might have raised that point in that Committee; my memory is good but not encyclop...

The Minister is giving an interesting and full explanation of the benefits of this Bill.

Wi...

Yes, that is part of what we aim to do: the aim is to ensure that if a holiday is bought here, wh...

It was all going so well until that last comment! The Minister has it right, however, when he say...

With the greatest respect, I think that the hon. Gentleman is underselling himself. The progress ...

As ever, the Minister is extremely generous in his praise. He is right, however, to say that we m...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way; I enjoyed our exchanges in the Committee stag...

The hon. Gentleman makes a reasonable point, but those matters were considered an important part ...

The hon. Gentleman does the House a service in raising this matter. The hon. Member for Nottingha...

I am again grateful to the Minister for his consistent, collegiate attitude and for his co-operat...

The hon. Gentleman will know that the existing legislation contains an obligation to review it af...

I am grateful to the Minister for that clarification.

The Bill’s second clause is not direc...

It is an honour to be called to speak in the debate on the first piece of substantive legislation...

Does my hon. Friend agree that at that time it would have been unimaginable that someone could us...

My hon. Friend makes an outstanding point. We could be sitting in the Chamber now, if we were not...

Talk of romance was not what drew me to my feet, although it might have done. My hon. Friend talk...

I am grateful to the Minister for making that clear. The prospect of amendment has been ongoing f...

Given my hon. Friend’s comments, will he say something more about clause 1, which extends ATOL to...

I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s timely intervention, as the next page of my notes deals with c...

Does my hon. Friend agree with me and several consumer groups that £2.50 is a low price to pay fo...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. He is right that the ATOL scheme is funded by a levy of ...

My hon. Friend referred to clause 3. Those who have an air service operator’s licence from other ...

I am indeed satisfied that it will give full consumer protection. I say so because the Government...

Let me take this opportunity to welcome you to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to thank ...

I welcome you to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker.

The hon. Lady invited me to respond as qu...

I thank the Minister for his response. The clear guarantees that businesses and consumers are loo...

I call Rachel Maclean to make her maiden speech.

6.54 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Ayrsh...

I am extremely grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak in this debate. May I...

My hon. Friend is making an extraordinarily powerful point about the importance of aviation to ou...

My hon. Friend pre-empts my point; we are working from the same page. As aviation is not covered ...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Luton South (Mr Shuker), who cares passionat...

May I offer you my congratulations on your new role, Madam Deputy Speaker?

First, I would l...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak in this debate. It is a p...

I welcome you to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for ...

I welcome you to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, and congratulate the hon. Member for East Renfr...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. There seems to be great reticence on the part of the UK t...

I call Steve Double.

7.49 pm

It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this debate by you, Madam Deputy Speaker, in your first...

Riveting though the hon. Gentleman’s speech is, it has nothing to do with the Bill. Many hon. Mem...

I am not sure I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, but I am about to come to the ver...

It is a privilege to follow my comrade from Cornwall, the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay ...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to be able to contribute for the first time in ...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and congratulations on being re-elected—very good choice, may I add...

It is a great honour to follow the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury), who made an impas...

I want to say what a great privilege it is to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Clacton (Giles...

Hear, hear!

8.45 pm

There is much acclaim for my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Mr Seely), whom I am delig...

It is difficult to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr), as I stumble my ...

Order. We have another maiden speech. I call Bill Grant.

9.7 pm

Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I compliment my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall North ...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (Bill Grant). B...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak in the Second Reading debate...

It is a pleasure to make a brief contribution to this debate and to follow my hon. Friend the Mem...

It is quite something to be the last Back Bencher called in a debate where we have had, I think, ...

This has been an excellent debate, in which we have had 22 Members speak and no less than 13 maid...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

If the hon. Gentleman does not mind, I will not give way at this stage. I am hoping to mention so...

It is an honour to be able to close the Second Reading debate on the Bill. When I first looked at...

I thank the Minister for his response to the issue that we face. He will be aware that, for many ...

I am not quite sure I have taken the point the hon. Gentleman has raised. If it is about Brexit, ...