asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will encourage all United Kingdom-based airline companies to conduct research into climate change by using their own aircraft to collect scientific data on emissions and greenhouse effects. [HL1445]

We do encourage industry to work with the scientific community in research to improve understanding of, and reduce, its environmental impact. Airlines have collected valuable high-altitude environmental data in collaborative projects such as MOZAIC, NOXAR and CARIBIC since the early 90s. Rather than repeating these data new research needs to be focused and agreed with a consensus of the scientific community.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What plans they have to ensure that any private sector corporate research into average emissions effects from vehicles, including aircraft and heavy goods vehicles, are made available to Government and scientific research bodies.[HL1446]

Decisions regarding what private sector research is conducted and how this research is used and disseminated are clearly a matter for the private sector itself.

The Government publish their own research, enabling the private sector to consider how their own work links in. The Government also welcome submission of private sector research data so that this may be considered in developing policy. Where private sector organisations approach the Government with new technology or ideas impacting on emissions of air pollutants or greenhouse gases, we encourage them to commission independent research to demonstrate the impacts and make this publicly available.