Space Industry Bill [HL]

My Lords, I said that the previous group of amendments was probing. We had had time with the Mini...

My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for missing the first couple of words ...

My Lords, I will comment briefly on this set of amendments. The noble Lord, Lord Fox, has put the...

We have seen in the speeches the different approaches that noble Lords wish the Government to tak...

The purpose of the amendments was to bring out precisely, in simple words, what the Government wa...

I take the noble Lord’s point and that of the noble Lord, Lord Fox. The noble Lord, Lord Willetts...

My noble friend just informed the Committee that, particularly in the context of Clause 33(5) and...

My noble friend makes an important point. I emphasise that we are in listening mode on this issue...

I very much agree with what my noble friend Lord Moynihan said. Will the Minister share with the ...

I am aware that this is a matter of great concern, which is why I went into so much detail about ...

The Minister went into exactly the sort of detail we were looking for. I stress that I am not hos...

There is no simple answer to that question. It would depend on the conditions of the licence issu...

Is the noble Lord likely to be able to shed light on this issue before Report?

If I possibly can, I will.

I hope noble Lords will agree that this exchange was worth while, because we have the record, whi...

Moved by

Lord McNally

16: Clause 11, page 8, line 38, at end insert—

“( ) Withi...

My Lords, having listened to that debate, I feel this amendment should perhaps have been grouped ...

Perhaps there could be a box at the bottom he could tick to say he has fully understood the debat...

Yes, I know that every Minister wishes that was there.

I thought that the opening from the ...

I will add one comment to that. I thank the Minister, who has already given a full and lucid acco...

My Lords, I can answer the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, directly: a constellation can be launched w...

My Lords, those who asked us to table this amendment will read the Minister’s reply. In the meant...

Moved by

Lord McNally

17: Clause 12, page 9, line 19, at end insert—

“( ) Where...

My Lords, this is a historic moment for me because this is when I take the Liberal Democrats into...

I apologise for not hearing the earlier parts of the debate. Is not what the noble Lord is saying...

Unfortunately, the noble Lord, Lord Dykes, was not here for my first amendment, which would have ...

My Lords, as the Bill stands, there is no obligation to get down what you have put up into space....

There is indeed a problem with space debris. The aim is not to bring it back to earth—although I ...

My Lords, in his introduction the noble Lord, Lord McNally, said that he was taking the Liberal D...

In the light of those assurances, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Moynihan

19: Clause 12, page 9, line 44, at end insert—

“( ) The ...

My Lords, before I speak to Amendment 19, for the sake of the record I shall say that the noble L...

I thank my noble friend for making an important point and for tabling this amendment on what is a...

That was an outstanding and exceptionally helpful answer from my noble friend on this important s...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

22: Clause 14, page 10, line 16, at end insert—

“( ) The r...

Clause 14(1) states:

“A licence under this Act may be transferred with the written consent ...

My Lords, I will be very brief. We welcome this probing amendment because this issue is very impo...

My Lords, Clause 14 enables a licensee to transfer their licence to another party, provided that ...

I thank the Minister for his reply and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for his valuable contribution to...

I will reflect on that and come back to the noble Lord on it.

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Randerson

23: Clause 15, page 11, line 18, at end insert—

“( ...

This amendment relates to the capacity and resourcing of the regulator. One assumes that it is to...

I thank the noble Baroness for her amendment. It is quite right to seek clarity on who will regul...

I have a question on the previous point about the CAA clearly being ready to embrace this new res...

We are confident that the expertise in and knowledge of regulating aviation in the CAA is suffici...

I thank the Minister for his response. I will read Hansard carefully, because I think that there ...

Moved by

Lord Fox

24: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—

“Report...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord McNally has appointed me as his mouthpiece on earth for this amend...

My Lords, as we discussed, the Government intend to use the regulatory expertise in the UK Space ...

In the light of that clarification, I thank the Minister and withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Moynihan

29: Schedule 4, page 53, line 38, at end insert “including thr...

My Lords, this amendment relates to drones, a serious issue already rightly raised from the Liber...

I rise to say briefly how pleased I am that the noble Lord has raised this issue. I have already ...

My Lords, I begin by reminding the Committee that I am the vice president of the British Airline ...

My Lords, I too would like to own up to trying to find some way of squirrelling drones into this ...

I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate, which allows me to explain at length ...

The Minister’s answer so far implies that there is no risk from drones weighing less than 250 gra...

We did extensive safety tests in conjunction with BALPA, and released a detailed report on the si...

The Minister mentioned Project Chatham. Who is accountable and leading Project Chatham?

As far as I am aware, it is the Department for Transport, my department, which is doing it, but I...

I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister. I thought that he might well mention Schedule...

I apologise for forgetting to address the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, about l...

On that constructive note, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Rosser

32: Clause 32, page 23, line 32, at end insert—

“( ) An en...

I have just about recovered from the shock of hearing the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, refer to not...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, set out, Clause 32 as it stands offers strong powers to...

I thank noble Lords for their consideration of the significant powers in this clause, which we re...

I thank the Minister for his reply and thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for speaking to his amendm...