Extract from second reading debate (Commons) of the Laser
Misuse (Vehicles) Bill Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby)
(Con):...I am always surprised by how many people are afraid of
flying, given that travelling in a plane is one of the safest
things anyone can do. Travelling by car, for example, is 100 times
as risky per mile as travelling in an aircraft, and travelling by
motorcycle is 3,000 times as likely to kill us. The journey to the
airport is likely to be the most...Request free trial
Extract from second
reading debate (Commons) of the Laser Misuse (Vehicles)
Bill
Mr (Scarborough and Whitby)
(Con):...I am always surprised by how many people are
afraid of flying, given that travelling in a plane is one of the
safest things anyone can do. Travelling by car, for example, is 100
times as risky per mile as travelling in an aircraft, and
travelling by motorcycle is 3,000 times as likely to kill us. The
journey to the airport is likely to be the most dangerous part of
someone’s holiday. I was pleased to be able to join BALPA in
welcoming the fact that 2017 was the safest year in history for
commercial aviation. That did not happen by accident. A number of
factors are involved, and the attention to detail has been
important. There has always been an underlying culture of safety in
the aviation industry, starting with the manufacture and
maintenance of aircraft at the excellent companies we have in the
UK such as Rolls-Royce, and including the training and
professionalism of the crew, both on the flight deck and in the
cabin, and the work done by air traffic control. I would
particularly like to recognise the work that NATS has done in
keeping our skies safe. Indeed, we need to see more innovation in
the way our airspace is designed and optimised...
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Extract from Commons
debate on Industrial Strategy
(Rugby) (Con):...We will
also exploit innovation and ideas at the High Temperature Research
Centre at Ansty Park, which is the result of a collaboration
between Rolls-Royce and the University of
Birmingham and a £60 million investment. It measures 62,000 square
feet, and provides a unique casting, design, simulation and
advanced manufacturing research facility focusing on
aerospace...
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Extract from Westminster
Hall debate on UK Digital and Tech Industries
(York Central)
(Lab/Co-op):...I also saw how the Yorkshire Museum has
embraced virtual reality, to take visitors into a Viking village
and enable them to experience life in that settlement. I saw 3D
modelling technologies, pioneered in the games industry, that now
help companies such as Rolls-Royce to design better engines. I saw
artificial intelligence—machine learning—and how that work is
advancing and the technology is progressing. This is in my city,
this is in our country and we must be so proud of that...
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Extract from report stage
(Lords) of the EU Withdrawal Bill
of Kentish Town
(Lab):...Last year, the CBI, the Institute of Directors,
the British Chambers of Commerce, the EEF and the Federation of
Small Businesses all called for tariff-free goods trade between the
UK and the EU, in preference to the Government’s slightly weasel
words of “as tariff-free as possible”. The CBI stresses that
frictionless trade with the EU is businesses’ number one priority
and that some form of a customs union is necessary to ensure
frictionless trade and no hardening of the Irish border. We have
heard already about Airbus, Boeing and Rolls-Royce all saying that a customs union
would best support the free flow of goods. Ford, the biggest car
manufacturer, argues that any sort of border restrictions or
customs friction will be an inhibitor for us continuing to trade
the way we have done. The Food and Drink Federation wants a
tariff-free customs union. And so it goes on...
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