§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will continue to pursue any prosecutions under Air Carrier Liability Order 1998/1751 pending the outcome of IATA's application for judicial review of the order; and if he will make a statement. [62944]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonUnless and until the Air Carrier Liability Order 1998 is either amended by Parliament or declared by the courts to be void and of no effect, it remains in force and the possibility of prosecution for breaches of the Order therefore cannot be excluded.
§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment the Government have made of the implementation of Council regulation (EC) No. 2027/97 on air carrier liability following accidents in each member state; what assessment he has made of the level and nature of implementation in each member state; and if he will make a statement. [62945]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe Government have made no assessment of measures taken by other EU member states in giving effect to the Council Regulation in their jurisdictions. However, I can report that at a meeting in Brussels convened by the European Commission on 10 September 1998, when member states were asked what measures they had taken or planned to take to implement the Regulation, all eight member states present had either taken or already possessed powers to enforce the provisions of the Regulation.