Aviation Security

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 March 2017.

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Photo of Chris Grayling Chris Grayling The Secretary of State for Transport 12:00, 22 March 2017

We are in discussion with the airlines about this. But this measure is not about an inability to take hand baggage into the cabin. If someone arrives at the gate with one of these items in their bag, it will be put in the hold. This is not about saying that people cannot have hand baggage, although some people may choose to put all their hand baggage into the hold; it is simply about the device itself.