Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing Bill

Will my right hon. Friend confirm that, if we pass this Labour amendment, we will be asking for a...

That is a perfect cue for what I was about to say. Knowing that the hon. Member for Kingston upon...

indicated dissent .

There are those on my side of the House who take a less generous view than I do of the Labour par...

I apologise for intervening so soon after arriving in the Chamber. Does my right hon. Friend not ...

That is of course right; the committee will look at all those matters in that context. I said tha...

Just for clarity, when I intervened on the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman, he was making a poin...

Generosity needs to be reciprocal. It is not for me to say how the Opposition will conduct their ...

May I ask my right hon. Friend for more clarity on that? Can the committee review things as often...

As you know, Mr Hoyle, it is not my habit to speak at length in this House. I like to abbreviate ...

Go on!

Well, okay. I am being persuaded to do so by popular demand and acclamation.

Order. The Minister says “by popular demand”, but those Members were not here when he first start...

Start again!

I have drawn them to the Committee by the power of my oratory and my performance. They are like m...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

So, appendix 4, to which I referred—

Give way!

Oh! I will happily give way to my hon. Friend.

May I say to my right hon. Friend, with the seriousness and candour that the moment demands, that...

I do not know whether anyone else wants to—

Order. The danger is that someone might blow out that light. Come on, Minister.

I just wondered whether anyone else wanted to intervene in a similar vein .

rose—

Hurrah !

I will give way to my hon. Friend.

I thank the Minister for giving way. It has been announced today that easyJet is to fly for the f...

There is no wish to do that on either side of the House. There is general agreement on both sides...

My right hon. Friend and Lincolnshire neighbour, as a Transport Minister, has been diligent in at...

I have been quite generous to Members coming in late and intervening. If you are going to interve...

It was short.

Mr Hoare, I assure you that I do not need any advice. I remind the Minister that there are others...

Then I will draw my remarks to a gradual conclusion. I have already brought my introductory remar...

Far be it from me to prevent the Minister from continuing to drag things out. I apologise, but I ...

What I actually said is that the Air Travel Insolvency Protection Advisory Committee, which is mi...

Will the Minister give way?

I really must press on.

Appendix 4 of the annual report is categorical about the committee’...

Last week, there was uncharacteristic consensus in welcoming the Second Reading of this Bill, as ...

This is very simple: if something is already happening—if it is already in law—one does not have ...

The Minister is being a wee bit disingenuous here—

Order. That is not a word we would use, and I am sure the hon. Lady can think of something much m...

The Minister is an eminently sensible man, but the point is that I can only wonder why he is resi...

The Minister is a terribly generous chap, but his attempts to pacify the Opposition with his prom...

I beg to move amendment 1, page 2, line 10, at end insert—

‘(8) Regulations under subsectio...

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 3, page 2, line 10, at ...

Amendment 1, which stands in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Lou...

Order. There is a lot of conversation. I really am struggling to hear, and I am not sure whether ...

Clause 2 requires only that the Secretary of State has an affirmative resolution from each House ...

I can satisfy the hon. Lady entirely. I fully intend to ensure exactly what she asked for: full c...

We will press amendment 3 to a Division. We seek a commitment that the Minister gave in the Vehic...

In the light of the Minister’s assurances to the House, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendm...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

The new clause stands in my name and ...

As I did with the amendments, I start by saying that I fully endorse, and indeed support, the pur...

New clause 1 seems eminently sensible. These consumer protection measures require an assessment, ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

What a pleasure it is to move the ...

The Labour party supports the Bill, and we will vote in support of it. There are, however, some c...

As a result of that scrutiny—which the hon. Gentleman should not disparage because he has played ...

The Minister makes a fair enough point, but with respect, it has been a terrible waste of time de...

It is never a waste of time to discuss anything pertaining to the whole of the UK in this House o...

The hon. Lady makes her point on behalf of her constituents, and she makes it well, but I do not ...

This is a bit of an occasion, really, because when legislation is debated in this place, the Oppo...

If the right hon. Gentleman will allow me to continue, I will make the point in a moment that imp...

I end where I began by welcoming and supporting the Government’s measures to update the ATOL sche...

I did not complain that the process was taking too long; I simply made the point that time in thi...

I believe that the Minister has taken on board the legitimate concerns expressed tonight about ho...

I do not want to delay the House, Madam Deputy Speaker—

Order. I am sure that the Minister is going to beg the leave of the House to address the House ag...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I do not want to detain the House unduly except to affirm ...