Oral QuestionDepartment for Transport

“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will take steps to provide the Civil Aviation Authority with additional powers to sanction (a) airlines and (b) other aviation industry stakeholders for failing to meet their obligations to disabled passengers.”

Tabled: 23 February 2023Answered: 2 March 2023

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Transport

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Kerry McCarthy)

We are working closely with the Brazilian presidency to support a high-ambition outcome at COP30 in Belém which reflects the scale of the challenge and our shared 1.5° goal. That includes ambitious new nationally determined contributions and the effective implementation of the global stocktake commitments, as well as action on issues such as tackling deforestation and methane emissions.