Flying Schools: Liquidation - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 2:47 pm ar 13 Tachwedd 2023.

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Photo of Lord Balfe Lord Balfe Ceidwadwyr 2:47, 13 Tachwedd 2023

I thank the Minister for her Answer, but three flying schools have gone into liquidation this year. Individual customers are owed up to £80,000 each, and a debt of over £4 million is very unlikely to be paid by the liquidators overseeing this. Surely it is the job of government to protect individuals who are put in this invidious position, where they have to pay up front for a service that is just not being delivered. Certainly, in one case, a flying school was collecting money almost up to the day that it collapsed. We need the Minister to do something. My Question suggested a framework for moving forward. Will she agree to investigate that framework and see whether she can make it work?