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Lord Moylan (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 June 2026

Debate

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

Contribution

The Minister says that the Bill does not say that you can be charged if you cannot use the service, but that is precisely what it says. It says that “it is immaterial whether or not the services are actually used or could be used by, or actually benefit or could benefit, them”. I do not think it is logically coherent, because they have to be available to them to qualify on the first limb of the clause. It may well be that the noble Lord has the intention he expressed at the Dispatch Box. However, I ask him whether he considers this clause to be drafted to articulate that intention. As it stands, it seems internally self-contradictory. But if it is not internally self-contradictory and he can prove that it is not, I would still object to people being charged for services that they could not use or benefit from.

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