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HANSARDVehicles: Headlamp GlareI am delighted to let the noble Baroness know that the department has already done research in this area. The 2018 research concluded that overall there are no direct adverse…09 May 2023HANSARDVehicles: Headlamp GlareI am unable to say much more then I said before. I welcome the stats that the noble Baroness gave the House. The Government are also looking at the evidence that they are…09 May 2023HANSARDVehicles: Headlamp GlareMy Lords, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s road vehicle lighting expert group met at the end of April and agreed changes to the headlamp aim requirements to…09 May 2023HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 3 March be approved. Relevant document: 33rd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee02 May 2023HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023My Lords, the draft regulations before the House relate to the fire safety of all passenger ships on international voyages, a limited class of passenger ships on non-international…02 May 2023HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023Obviously, the MCA is quite a large organisation and has many different people fulfilling different roles. The question is whether we have the right people focusing on the backlog…02 May 2023HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am enormously grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate covering the ground of the regulations themselves and of course the backlog, which I…02 May 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityMy noble friend is absolutely right. Sometimes it saddens me greatly how some of the unions are potentially undermining the long-term future of our rail sector. ASLEF train…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityThe noble Baroness referred to the source of her Question being a leak in the Independent . It was not really a leak, because we are not even half way through the process of the…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityThe noble Baroness raises some very important points, which demonstrate exactly why we need this uplift in funding. However, it is not always about just funding; it is about how…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityMy Lords, once again we shall address the notion of dividend payments, because it is really important that we are clear about it. The dividend payments declared during the…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityI completely agree with the noble Lord. I am not content with current levels of reliability. That was obviously in the Question, and it would not have been in any response that I…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityMy Lords, the Government published funding objectives for Network Rail for control period 7—2024 to 2029—on 1 December 2022, placing the highest priority on punctuality and…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityMy noble friend is absolutely right that there are many sources of funding for improving our transport sector. The discussion today around the £44.1 billion of funding does not…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityFunnily enough, I do not wholly recognise those figures, but all the contracts and the rationale behind them are set out and published. All the performance information that goes…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityIf I may, I will explain to the noble Baroness what the process actually looks like. It is one that goes on for the whole of the year. The statement of funds available has been…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityMy Lords, none of the above.26 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThat is fantastic to hear, and I am sure that all local authorities 100% agreed with the Welsh Government in that regard. The second element to this is that a blanket approach…20 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIndeed, I am aware that those conversations have been happening and, as a Transport Minister, perhaps I had better not add anything further. However, it is worth highlighting that…20 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThe noble Baroness would probably decline to make a comment on that at this moment, as that would take us far away from the area of accessibility, which is under consideration…20 Apr 2023