Bid to Ban Lasers Targeting Airliners Proposed in U.K. Commons
- Tory lawmaker Rehman Chishti introduces bill in Parliament
- Pilots concerned by lasers shone at planes near Heathrow
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A proposal to ban laser pens that have been used to target airplanes near London’s Heathrow Airport was put forward in the U.K. House of Commons.
The bill, presented Wednesday by Rehman Chishti from the governing Conservative Party, aims to “make the sale, ownership and use of portable laser-emitting devices with output power of more than 1 milliwatt unlawful in certain circumstances.” As a so-called private member’s bill, the measure is only likely to be given sufficient time in Parliament for debate if the government itself decides to promote it. A first discussion of the bill is scheduled for April 22.