Member

The noble Lord knows the arguments about retained EU law; all I will say on that for now is that he said that we have no plans for this, but the civil aviation Bill is intended to replace those powers, at least in the circumstances of aviation. In the meantime, the Government feel the need to bring this SI forward, simply to give some certainty about the summer and winter schedules for both airlines and passengers. The airline industry in Britain and for travel to and from Britain needs some certainty, because a lot of our international trade depends on it. This measure is designed to give it some certainty in relatively uncertain geopolitical circumstances across the world.