| Heading: |
Aviation: Fees and Charges |
| Question ID: |
1813295 |
| UIN: |
HL8500 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
489 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Watts
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Lord Watts
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ask the Civil Aviation Authority to review whether charges at airports and on flights, such as excess baggage fees, are fair. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answer text: |
The CAA is independently responsible for regulating airport charges within the overall legislative framework for economic regulation set out in the Civil Aviation Act 2012. Regulation is based on an assessment of an airport’s market power with the purpose... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |