Louise Butcher

The Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL] 2019-20 was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 19 December 2019. It was introduced in the House of Lords on 9 January 2020 and Lords Second Reading took place on 27 January 2020..

The move comes at a time when the rail franchising system is under considerable strain.

The ongoing Williams Review is likely to recommend improving accessibility and regional accountability for rail services

Keith Williams will appear before the Transport Select Committee on Monday 28 October.

The UK and EU agreed a revised Political Declaration on the framework for the future UK-EU relationship on 17 October. This Briefing provides an outline of the contents of the Declaration and the key changes in the revised text

This paper provides general information on the proposed high-speed rail line between London and the North of England (HS2). It gives a brief overview of the scheme, its costs, compensation arrangements and the Bill which would give statutory and planning authority for the construction of Phase 2a of the scheme between the West Midlands and Crewe.

This briefing looks in detail at the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the EU and UK and finalised on 14 November 2018. It was endorsed by EU Member State leaders at a special European Council summit on 25 November and the UK Prime Minister promoted it in the UK Parliament and around the country. The Agreement was debated at length in Parliament on several occasions and has been voted on three times. But the House of Commons has not endorsed it. A second extension of Article 50 took exit day to 31 October 2019, but once again the UK is faced with the possibility of leaving the EU without an agreement if this agreement or another one is not ratified by the UK and the EU.

Passengers rights are guaranteed through a combination of EU regulation, international conventions and resolutions, as well as voluntary commitments of airlines. The applicability of these rights depends on the airline a person is travelling with and where they are departing from.

This paper sets out the rights of utility companies and others to undertake street works and the powers available to street authorities to manage and mitigate those works.

This paper provides a brief outline of the GB rail industry, including the bodies responsible for delivering services, how new schemes are chosen and financed.