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HANSARDRail Freight: Channel TunnelMy Lords, Eurostar also goes through the tunnel and is in serious financial difficulty, yet the Secretary of State says that it is not his company to save. Well, neither are the…24 Feb 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as a member of an informal campaign group which seeks to improve the standards of public toilets generally. I am pleased to speak in support of the…24 Feb 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillMy Lords, all the amendments in this group are designed to ensure that the Bill is not the end of the matter, and that the Government are forced to confront the appalling and…24 Feb 2021HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (SI 2020/928)My Lords, I make it clear that I in no way question the need for the proposed border facilities to take pressure off some of our ports. Many port sites are too congested to…11 Feb 2021HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (SI 2020/928)My Lords, I thank the Minister for her detailed response. I am sure she will forgive me if I say that I find some of the Government’s arguments very unpersuasive. However, I look…11 Feb 2021HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (SI 2020/928)That this House regrets that the Town and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (SI 2020/928) will have…11 Feb 2021HANSARDHS2: Phase 2BMy Lords, this Government made manifesto promises on levelling up the north-east and produced a prospectus called HS2: Getting the B est out of Yorkshire. I have listened…08 Feb 2021HANSARDRail Fares: Flexi-season TicketsMy Lords, the roads are congested and the trains are empty. Does the Minister accept that, as this report shows, passengers will return to the railways only if there is reform and…04 Feb 2021HANSARDUK Logistics IndustryMy Lords, the Government refuse to properly fund the essential new border infrastructure at our ports to minimise delays caused by the new Brexit red tape. Does the Minister…01 Feb 2021HANSARDUK Logistics IndustryTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the end of the transition period of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union on the…01 Feb 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I start by thanking the Minister and her officials for the time and patience they have devoted to explaining the Bill and, in particular, the many amendments. I am very…28 Jan 2021HANSARDOperation of Air Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for her introductory explanation. This SI extends temporary provisions to disapply the usual rules for airlines which get into financial…26 Jan 2021HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, I endorse the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, about enforcement now that we do not have such good access to international information on number plates. That…26 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this debate; it has been very interesting. I particularly thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for his support, for…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 14 and give notice that I am minded to put it to a vote at the end of the debate. As I said earlier, this Bill is a bit of a mess—through no…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, our airspace modernisation is a complex but necessary process. It is necessary in the modern world because it enables environmental gains in an industry increasingly…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the Bill, but I must use this opportunity to say that it is a bit of a mess. That is not surprising, because it has such a long history: the Bill itself is the…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, this is part two of a discussion that we started earlier this week on the SI on this subject, which gave the Government temporary powers. Since Committee stage, a year…21 Jan 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, I have grappled with all these amendments. I wondered whether what seemed minor and technical to me might seem very significant to…21 Jan 2021