Aviation Security — Statement

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:31 pm on 5 November 2015.

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Photo of Baroness O'Cathain Baroness O'Cathain Chair, National Policy for the Built Environment Committee, Chair, National Policy for the Built Environment Committee 2:31, 5 November 2015

My Lords, is this not a wake-up call because we have all got so used to being body searched and searched for liquids and goodness knows what else, and now somebody has got through and almost certainly put a bomb on an airplane? Instead of asking whether we should know about routeings or anything else, I hope my noble friend agrees that we should all take it on ourselves to stop moaning about what happens at airports and just be eternally vigilant. Is it true that a United States official spoke to an internet company such as AP that reported this, saying that the US had obtained evidence about a terrorist threat and a bomb on that plane through having listened to conversations? That is what the BBC is reporting today.