Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 21 December 2017 (HL3983), whether they have any plans to seek to ensure that there is an agreed international standard brace position for use on standard passenger aircraft.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has developed the ‘Manual on Information and Instructions for Passenger Safety’ in order to provide guidance on the safety-related information and instructions that an operator should provide to passengers. This guidance includes instructions for brace position and brace commands. The Government has no plans to seek agreed standards beyond this guidance provided by ICAO and the guidance provided by the European Aviation Safety Agency.