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By rikur_
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#1746528
johnm wrote:Shapps is transport secretary a cabinet post one of his junior sidekicks is aviation minister.....

Not sure if it's still the plan post reshuffle, but the alleged plan pre-reshuffle was to restructure the DfT around transport needs, not modes - e.g. urban, rural, inter-urban, international, etc instead of rail, bus, road, air, etc .... so no more railway minister, aviation minister, etc ... but urban transport minister etc instead.
Whilst it sounds a nice concept to be needs focused, still scratching my head at how that works in practice when regulatory framework and specialist skills are largely by mode.
#1746571
According to DfT website and to Wikipedia, both of which are usually quickly modified after Ministerial reshuffles:

A. Paul Maynard MP is (still) Minister of State with responsibility for Aviation including Heathrow expansion, and for various other things
( His Blackpool North constituency appears not to include the airport)

B. Baroness Vere is (still) the DfT MoS in the HoL, and her personal responsibilities include drones

Of course, it has been known for Cabinet level reshuffles, with concomitant promotions from and moves among junior Ministers, to be followed not long after by major moves among the latter. However, such are traditionally rare after first Cabinet one after a GE. </politics nerd>
#1795421
UncleT wrote:As Robert Courts is a council member of The Air League this could presumably be a good thing for GA interests.


Hmm.. Air League was traditionally focussed on promotion of strong UK Air Power, laudable in '30s when they also sponsored Air Defence Cadet Corps until RAF took it over as Air Training Corps after outbreak of war. His Constituency also includes Brize. His Parliamentary interests have long included Defence issues. If it came to a RAF vs GA clash of interest .. ?
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