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HANSARDAviation and Tourism: CancellationsThe issue around force majeure and contracts is complicated. I am sure my noble friend will appreciate that I cannot give firm advice, because in these cases, each contract is…05 May 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesOn the latter part of the noble Lord’s question, I would not want to pre-empt the Williams Rail Review by giving any indication as to what is in it—mostly because I do not…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesThe noble and learned Lord is completely right: it is regrettable that some services have to be significantly scaled back, and these are being kept under review. I reassure him…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesI join the noble Lord in paying tribute to all transport workers; they have done an astounding job during this crisis. At the moment, we do not know what the long-term…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesThat is an incredibly important question. I am sure the noble Baroness will understand that we are considering all these issues at the moment. There will be regional variations…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesThe department was in close contact with TfL. Certainly, the reductions that it made had some consequences for overcrowding. Since then, we know that TfL has made significant…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesIf the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, is referring to refunds to season tickets at the moment, we have spoken to all train operators and made sure that the process is as simple…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesThe noble Baroness makes a very important point, which is that there is an opportunity to look in more detail at what changes might be needed. We will have to wait until the…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesI reassure my noble friend that we are doing absolutely everything we can to put in place the plans we need to restart the railways. They are operating a significantly reduced…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesMy Lords, the rail industry implemented amended time- tables on 23 March in response to a decrease in passenger demand and reduced staffing across train operators and Network…29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesI thank the noble Lord for his Question; he is completely and utterly right, and that is precisely what we are doing.29 Apr 2020HANSARDPassenger Train ServicesI thank my noble friend for raising this important issue. Of course, we are being guided by the science and, in looking at how we will re-establish train services, we must look to…29 Apr 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysI am afraid I cannot agree with the noble Baroness. She is referring to stopped vehicle detection, which is just one type of technology and the safety case is not dependent on it.…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysI thank my noble friend for her warm words about the report and put on record my thanks to everybody in the department who worked on it. It was an enormous undertaking, involving…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysMy Lords, that was the absolute crux of the 79-page report that we have prepared. We looked at it in two different ways. We looked at the average numbers and then delved down into…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysThe noble Lord will be well aware that if you are barrelling along at 70 miles per hour on the A31 Hog’s Back and you stop, there is no technology at all and there is no hard…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysThe noble Baroness makes a number of interesting points. There are two things to consider here: actual safety and the perception of safety. On emergency refuge areas, we are doing…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysMy Lords, last week the Government published an 18-point action plan to improve safety on our smart motorways. Whether it is increasing public awareness and understanding of smart…17 Mar 2020HANSARDSmart MotorwaysBut you travel on them. You can do very high speeds and there is no technology to detect a car that has stopped. I shall go back to say something about something that is quite in…17 Mar 2020HANSARDHS2I will certainly do that; I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for mentioning it. I am aware that he asked some questions about governance and management, which are…11 Mar 2020