Committee proceeding and Debate on bill on Tuesday, 16 June 2026, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill. The answering member was Lord Moylan.

Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]

Lords committee stage first day. Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to. Clause 3 agreed to.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 857 cc39-116GC
Session: 2026-27
Department: Department for Transport
Legislative stage: Committee stage
Procedure: New clauses
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords Grand Committee
Related items: Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill (HL) 2026-27
Thursday, 14 May 2026
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House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Moylan | 857 c39GC (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Moylan
1: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Purp...; Lord Moylan | 857 cc39-41GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this Bill represents and achieves an astonishing transfer of power away from Parliament...; Lord Davies of Gower | 857 cc41-2GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 113. It has been on a bit of a circuitous tour of groupings, ...; Lord Berkeley | 857 cc42-3GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start with an apology. I could not be here for Second Reading because I was gale-boun...; Lord Harper | 857 cc43-4GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interest, as set out in the register, as non-executive chair of RVL Aviati...; Lord Moylan | 857 c44GC (Link to this contribution)
Does my noble friend agree that, as the European Union has said, for European airlines the cost o...; Lord Harper | 857 cc44-5GC (Link to this contribution)
I note that point; it is important when you look at the margins. It is clear that relatively smal...; Viscount Goschen | 857 cc45-6GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start with a couple of declarations of interest. I am a current pilot of light aircra...; Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate | 857 c46GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is Committee and I do not wish to talk about amendments that will come later, but ...; Lord Grayling | 857 cc46-7GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the amendments from my noble friends Lord Moylan and Lord Davies of Gower. Th...; Baroness Grender | 857 cc47-8GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 1 and Amendments 23, 24 and 25 are in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan...; Baroness Foster of Oxton | 857 c48GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will stay on group 1, on growth and competitiveness. I will just add a brief word end...; Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | 857 cc48-51GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to have the opportunity to discuss growth in the aviation sector and I th...; Lord Harper | 857 c49GC (Link to this contribution)
I want to press the Minister on my noble friend Lord Moylan’s Amendment 25. I completely understa...; Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | 857 c49GC (Link to this contribution)
I will certainly see what information I have, and whatever I have I will tell him about on Thursd...; Lord Moylan | 857 cc49-52GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I note that the Minister quotes the Delegated Powers Committee favourably. I hope, ther...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 857 c52GC (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Grey-Thompson
2: Clause 1, page 1, line 13, leave out “may” and ins...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 857 cc52-3GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interest as I was chair of the Aviation Accessibility Task and Finish Grou...; Lord Young of Cookham | 857 cc53-4GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 109 in my name aims to remedy a manifest injustice whereby the airlines have ...; Lord Grayling | 857 c54GC (Link to this contribution)
Will my noble friend allow me to help him a little? He may have heard of a company called Network...; Lord Young of Cookham | 857 cc54-5GC (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend is a mind-reader; I was going to refer to Network Rail in about 40 seconds. As I ...; Earl Russell | 857 cc55-7GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 9, which seeks to strengthen the consumer protection provi...; Lord Empey | 857 cc57-8GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 41. The question of responsibility for drop-off charges was m...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 857 cc58-60GC (Link to this contribution)
I declare that I am president of the CO Research Trust and a member of the Delegated Powers and R...; Lord Holmes of Richmond | 857 cc59-61GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in Committee on the Bill. As it is my first intervention ...; Baroness Brinton | 857 c61GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I signed the two amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, in this group....; Baroness Foster of Oxton | 857 cc61-2GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will briefly comment on some of the issues raised. We have to separate out the former...; Baroness Grender | 857 cc62-4GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we support these amendments because they test whether the Bill does more than just crea...; Lord Moylan | 857 cc64-6GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will introduce my amendments in this group and will then make a few comments about re...; Lord Harper | 857 cc66-8GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wanted to let all the Members who had amendments speak first, notwithstanding the Fro...; Lord Young of Cookham | 857 c68GC (Link to this contribution)
I thank my noble friend, who may have saved the Minister a bit of trouble. I will make just two p...; Lord Holmes of Richmond | 857 c68GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before my noble friend responds, far be it from me to get between two former Secretarie...; Lord Harper | 857 cc68-9GC (Link to this contribution)
No, I do not. The question I had to answer was that if you have a status quo and if you are going...; Lord Katz | 857 c69GC (Link to this contribution)
Respectfully, before my noble friend responds for the Government, I point out to the Committee th...; Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | 857 cc69-74GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, these amendments raise important questions about how we strengthen air passenger rights...; Lord Moylan | 857 c72GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there is the case of airports such as Heathrow—admittedly few in number—that are econom...; Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | 857 cc72-5GC (Link to this contribution)
I note the noble Lord’s point on Heathrow and other airports that have a regulated asset base. Ai...; Lord Empey | 857 c75GC (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his response on Amendment 41 regarding drop-off charges. I understand th...; Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | 857 c75GC (Link to this contribution)
I should just say that of course I respect the views of the noble Lord, Lord Empey, and if he loo...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 857 cc75-6GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in the debate this afternoon. I would just like to ...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 857 c76GC (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Grey-Thompson
3: Clause 1, page 1, line 21, at end insert—
“(...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 857 cc76-9GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a really important group of amendments, like the last one, and it needs some co...; Baroness Brinton | 857 cc78-82GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I apologise for not apologising, when I intervened on the last group, for missing Secon...; Baroness Kennedy of Cradley | 857 cc81-4GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 7 in my name. I declare my interest as chief operating office...; Lord Holmes of Richmond | 857 cc84-6GC (Link to this contribution)
I thank noble Lords who have taken part in this debate so far, not least my friends the noble Bar...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 857 cc86-7GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am absolutely delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, who has really put his...; Lord Blencathra | 857 cc87-90GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I apologise to the Committee—I was in Yerevan in Armenia monitoring the election for th...; Baroness Grender | 857 cc89-91GC (Link to this contribution)
Wow—how much blood has to boil before this is dealt with? It was striking at Second Reading to he...; Lord Moylan | 857 c91GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it has been an important, valuable and moving debate. I do not have anything to add tha...; Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | 857 cc91-6GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their thoughtful and powerful contributions on accessi...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 857 cc95-8GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been a large group of amendments, and I think the answer is probably somewhere...; Lord Moylan | 857 c98GC (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Moylan
8: Clause 1, page 2, line 4, leave out “or CMA”
Member's e...; Lord Moylan | 857 cc98-100GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we come now to a debate about the mechanics of the Bill, and it involves a considerable...; Lord Grayling | 857 cc99-101GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 17 and 22 in this group. Following on from what my noble fri...; Baroness Foster of Oxton | 857 cc101-2GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the thinking behind the comments made by my noble friends.
For clarific...; Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | 857 cc102-3GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this group concerns the consumer rights powers in the Bill and the scrutiny of those po...; Lord Grayling | 857 c103GC (Link to this contribution)
I have a simple question. What the Minister has not done is explain why it is necessary. What are...; Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | 857 cc103-4GC (Link to this contribution)
I understand the noble Lord’s question. I will come back to him on that.
Amendment 22, also...; Lord Moylan | 857 cc104-5GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the structure that the Bill introduces is not going to work. Having two regulators that...; Lord Holmes of Richmond | 857 c105GC (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Holmes of Richmond
31: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—...; Lord Holmes of Richmond | 857 cc106-7GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to move Amendment 31 in my name and to speak to Amendment 32 and the o...; Lord Barber of Ainsdale | 857 c107GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 101A. I declare an interest as I am currently president of t...; Lord Davies of Gower | 857 cc107-9GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 65A, through which I am pleased to have the opportunity to...; Baroness Foster of Oxton | 857 cc108-110GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for his very interesting take and amendments in th...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 857 cc110-1GC (Link to this contribution)
I will go next because of the generality of the subject. I find myself in the peculiar position o...; Lord Berkeley | 857 c111GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, very briefly, I support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Go...; Baroness Grender | 857 cc111-2GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the amendments in my name insist on statutory duties that would secure workforce resili...; Lord Moylan | 857 cc112-3GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in the last group, I came up with a modest amendment that would have involved increasin...; Lord Berkeley | 857 c113GC (Link to this contribution)
What I actually said was that the syllabus was 30 years old. I hope the noble Lord understood tha...; Lord Moylan | 857 c113GC (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful, but does the syllabus not determine the content of the training? It is a matt...; Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill | 857 cc113-6GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will do my best to speak as fast as I can, subject only to clarity. I turn to the nex...; Lord Holmes of Richmond | 857 c116GC (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this interesting debate. I also thank the Mi...
Notes: Northern Ireland legislative consent sought.
Subjects: Complaints Access Disability Children Compensation Consumers Carers Aviation Air pollution Airports Crew Civil Aviation Authority Disability aids Airlines Consumer information Fares Equality Fees and charges Licensing Enforcement Industrial disputes EU law Fines Economic growth Ministerial powers Parking Powers of entry Protection Passengers Standards Regulation Training Wheelchairs Medical equipment Artificial intelligence Trade competitiveness Competition and Markets Authority Cybersecurity
Legislation: Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill (HL) 2026-27
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Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]

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