Space Industry Bill [HL]

My Lords, I declared an interest at the beginning of Committee and feel that that it is appropria...

My Lords, we debated a similar amendment in Committee. The Government said in response that they ...

My Lords, the UK space industry is a global success story. I am grateful for the productive debat...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. We look forward to this information being gathered...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

2: Clause 2, page 2, line 25, at end insert—

“( ) the effe...

Amendment 2 is another amendment that we discussed in Committee. Currently, the Bill provides tha...

My Lords, I was pleased to be able to add my name to Amendment 2. Before I speak to it, I welcome...

My Lords, I recognise noble Lords’ concerns that there are currently no specific provisions in th...

I thank the Minister for her reply but perhaps I may inquire a bit further. Government Amendment ...

The amendment we are considering taking forward is requiring spaceports and applicants to carry o...

Perhaps I did not understand the matter properly first time round, but in the light of that clari...

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

3: Clause 2, page 2, line 27, at end insert—

“( ) any sp...

My Lords, Clause 2 sets out the overarching duties of the regulator in carrying out its functions...

The noble Lord, Lord McNally, spoke eloquently in Committee on the issue of his party and pavemen...

My Lords, I welcome the amendments. They are a first step in the right direction. Although I may ...

I thank noble Lords for their support for the amendment, particularly the noble Lord, Lord McNall...

Moved by

Lord Tunnicliffe

4: Clause 9, page 7, line 37, leave out “to (4)” and insert...

My Lords, I shall speak also to the other amendments in this group.

I have read my speech i...

My Lords, names of Members from our Benches are not attached to these amendments, but we would li...

I thank noble Lords for their comments on Clauses 9 and 10, given their central importance to the...

My Lords, I too have spent most of my career in safety-critical environments. I thank the noble L...

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

8: Schedule 1, page 46, line 19, leave out “issued by an inter...

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

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

“( ) The...

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

I thank the Minister for the Government’s Amendment 10, which, as she said, addresses an issue we...

Both the regulator and the Secretary of State would need to be satisfied that the transfer of a l...

My Lords, this is a good example of the Lords’ way of doing things in action. The Labour Front Be...

Moved by

Baroness Randerson

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

“( ...

My Lords, the amendment relates to the position of the CAA. We tabled a similar amendment in Comm...

My Lords, I support the general spirit and direction of the amendment. The task that the CAA and ...

The nature of this work, certainly in the early stages, could be quite lumpy. In earlier discussi...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for her comments on Clause 15 and the role ...

My Lords, on the basis that the CAA appears to be satisfied with its situation, I will, of course...

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

12: Schedule 5, page 58, line 22, leave out “an enactment crea...

My Lords, the amendments in this group are minor and technical amendments which are required to a...

May I ask a bit more about government Amendment 40 in relation to Crown dependencies and overseas...

The noble Lord has stolen many of my lines. There seem to be a lot of loose ends here. I reiterat...

I will try to answer as many of those questions as I can. Yes, this is a standard clause. It was ...

Just to be clear, the money that has been put aside to provide seedcorn for this process would no...

Please could the noble Lord repeat that question?

I think £10 million was put aside to help develop the cases for spaceports. Would this money be a...

That money is available to people who are currently putting together a case to create a spaceport...

I appreciate that this has come up suddenly but I made one or two other points that I do not thin...

Any international company could request spaceflight activity within any of the ports but, as I sa...

Is that really consistent with a Bill that is designed to promote the industry in this country?