RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH REDUCED MOBILITY
WHEN TRAVELLING BY AIR (6622/05)
Letter from Karen Buck MP, Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport to the Chairman
Thank you for your letter of 7 December 2005[39]
replying to mine of 21 November 2005.
You may by now be aware that the European Parliament
approved this proposal by a very large majority when it held its
plenary First Reading on 15 December 2005. The text debated by
Parliament was developed following close collaboration between
the Presidency and the Rapporteur with a view to adoption of the
proposal at the earliest opportunity, and its essential features
were unchanged from those discussed in my supplementary Explanatory
Memorandum which was considered by Sub-Committee B on 7 November.
We now expect the proposal to be adopted without further debate
at a forthcoming meeting of the Council. It is not expected that
a further depositable text will be issued, however, I attach a
copy of the European Parliament's First Reading amendments.
I very much welcome this measure, which was
a priority for the UK Presidency and which will I am sure be a
genuine enhancement to the lives of disabled people and those
with reduced mobility by enabling them to take full advantage
of the opportunities for air travel for business and leisure which
have so transformed our world in recent years. Please accept my
thanks for your contribution to its successful passage.
26 January 2006
Letter from the Chairman to Karen Buck
MP
Thank you for your letter of 26 January 2006
which was received on 3 February 2006 and considered by Sub-Committee
B at its meeting on 13 February 2006.
Members were pleased to note that you expect
the Proposal to be adopted without further debate at a forthcoming
Council. We share your view that this legislation should be a
genuine enhancement to the lives of disabled people and those
with reduced mobility.
15 February 2006
39 Correspondence with Ministers 45th Report of Session
2005-06, HL Paper 243, p 92. Back
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