New Clause 7 - Consultative Committees
Civil Aviation Bill
9:45 am
‘(1)The Secretary of State shall, by regulation, establish a system for the independent monitoring of consultative committees established under section 35 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), to ensure—
(a)that Department of Transport guidelines on consultative committees are produced, pursuant to section 35 of the 1982 Act,
(b)fair representation of the full range of local interests, providing that does not make the committee of a size that it precludes it from functioning effectively, and
(c)that the appointment of the chairman and secretary of the committee are sufficiently independent.’. —[Mr. Brazier.]
Julian Brazier (Shadow Minister, Transport; Canterbury, Conservative)
When we debated new clause 4, I commented that it and new clause 7 are almost identical. I do not see any real reason to detain the Committee further on the matter. The issue of consultative committees at airports is important; there is genuine and legitimate concern about it. In our earlier sitting we discussed the issue at Coventry. However, I see little point in repeating that debate.