Airlines: Snow and Ice Debate

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Earl of Mar and Kellie

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Airlines: Snow and Ice

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Telephone Hacking
Thursday 27th January 2011

(13 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, I do not have precise details on that, but I will write to the noble Baroness.

Earl of Mar and Kellie Portrait The Earl of Mar and Kellie
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My Lords, does my noble friend agree that those airport managers who do not maintain sufficient snow and ice-clearing equipment should be forced to describe their airports as being only seasonal?

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, when BAA makes its winter resilience plan, the plan is agreed with the airlines. However, what we experienced at Heathrow was far in excess of what was agreed on in the plan.

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