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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 June 2026

Debate

Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2026

Contribution

I do not understand. There must be a rationale for why the Government have made these regulations so favourable to airlines and so damaging to everybody else. How did they get to that point, given that they could have relied on the emergency powers of the company? I admit that I fail to remember the name of the company that allocates the slots. Also, why does the alleviation extend to the winter season? One would have thought that the summer season is as far forward as one can reasonably see and is the point at which there is greatest stress on the aviation system, with the greater number of passengers flying and so forth. Why have the Government extended it to the winter season?

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