42psi's post reminded me of the time I was flying out of Gibraltar to MAN - some 12 to 18 months after Lockerbie.
As we walked airside, all the pax luggage was lined up on the ramp. We had to walk over to our own luggage, touch it, or them, and then the loaders carried them to the hold.
I wondered at the time whether it was special treatment because of some alert or other. But now, it seems, it may have been just because "the minister requires it".