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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 June 2026

Debate

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

Contribution

On 80% of occasions, one or more supervisors are summoned, and the same questions are asked again and again until someone with a bit of knowledge on the subject confirms that only lithium batteries are removable and that mine are not lithium and are therefore safe. In Yerevan last week, a check-in person tried to dismantle my chair so he could photograph the batteries. He got the outside cover off, but then he could not get into them because they were bolted in. Eventually, someone came along and told him—in Armenian, I suspect—not to be so ruddy stupid. My worst experience was when six different people turned up to ask about the batteries.

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