Asked by: Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to outlaw pavement parking throughout England; and whether the responses to their consultation on such parking have been in favour of its ban.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government intends to carry out a public consultation later in the year, on possible solutions to the complex pavement parking problem. The consultation will fill evidence gaps, seek views on specific options that were raised by the Transport Select Committee and call for alternative ideas. Ministers will take decisions on next steps in the light of the consultation responses.
Asked by: Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address pavement parking.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government has responded to the Transport Select Committee’s 2019 Pavement Parking Inquiry, setting out our intention to carry out a public consultation on possible solutions to the complex pavement parking problem. The options include allowing local authorities with civil enforcement powers to enforce against unnecessary obstruction of the pavement, and introducing a London-style pavement parking prohibition across England.
Asked by: Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to take steps to ensure no future allocation of lower airspace takes place until a policy on the allocation of lower airspace has been agreed and implemented by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
Airspace is allocated in accordance with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) classifications of airspace. As set out in the Civil Aviation Authority (Air Navigation) Directions 2017, the CAA is responsible for the policy on the classification of UK airspace, how this is implemented, as well as its modification through the CAA’s airspace change process. The government has no plans to review this.
Asked by: Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to adapt the UK's airspace to reflect technological changes which enable aircraft to take-off and land more safely and accurately.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
The Government supports the implementation of the Civil Aviation Authority’s Future Airspace Strategy which sets out the long-term vision for the modernisation of UK’s airspace. The CAA is due to revise this strategy later this year.
The maintenance of air safety and the need for more accurate navigation are key components of the strategy, and both will be assisted by, for example, the use at airports and aerodromes of new satellite-based instrument approach and departure procedures and Ground-Based Augmentation Systems.