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HANSARDCableway Installations (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Teverson and Lord Rosser, for their contributions to this short debate. A number of issues have been raised; I will do my best to respond…26 Sept 2019HANSARDPassenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019My Lords, these regulations, if made, will update the existing domestic enforcement regime to cover some technical issues related to the latest version of tachographs. These new…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCableway Installations (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 2 July be approved.26 Sept 2019HANSARDPassenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 18 July be approved.26 Sept 2019HANSARDPassenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019I thank both noble Lords for their contributions today. The noble Lord, Lord Teverson, mentioned wax cylinders, which was very interesting; I did not know that they were used in…26 Sept 2019HANSARDPassenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019There are certain powers that the Government hope to have, after this SI has been made, which we will then be able to use but the reality is that we are talking about very few…26 Sept 2019HANSARDCableway Installations (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, this instrument is being made under powers conferred by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and will give clarity and certainty to industry by fixing deficiencies…26 Sept 2019HANSARDThomas CookI assure my noble friend that those very same questions went through my mind as I was going through the contingency planning for all the options that we had for this eventuality.…25 Sept 2019HANSARDThomas CookI thank both the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, and the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for their thoughtful questions and comments about this difficult situation. The noble Lord, Lord…25 Sept 2019HANSARDThomas CookAs the noble Baroness will know, these are, in pretty much all instances, private companies making private arrangements. The travel market is global, so if one is in a hotel in…25 Sept 2019HANSARDThomas CookMy Lords, I fear that the noble Lord is making the wrong comparison there. On the £250 million, we made the assessment that, even had we been able to provide the guarantee of…25 Sept 2019HANSARDThomas CookI thank my noble friend, who makes an extremely important point. I may be mistaken, but I did understand that BALPA wanted the Government to give Thomas Cook the £250 million,…25 Sept 2019HANSARDThomas CookI believe that that directive has been brought across and is in our law.25 Sept 2019HANSARDThomas CookMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport in the other place. The Statement is…25 Sept 2019HANSARDThomas CookMy noble friend makes a very important point. All this information will be available in due course.25 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI would be delighted to meet the noble Baroness when diaries allow. My noble friend Lord Framlingham mentioned fraud. I would like to be clear that neither the Serious Fraud…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillThat the Bill now be read a second time.09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI suspect that I may already have that list, but I would be delighted to receive it again. My noble friend Lord Framlingham made what I think noble Lords will agree was an…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI am unable to confirm that just at this moment, purely because I do not know, not because that decision has gone one way or the other. My apologies. Oakervee is looking at the…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillI would be happy to return to this issue outside the Chamber where perhaps we could have a better and more detailed conversation. I was also going to say that we should meet when…09 Sept 2019