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HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsSadly there are not enough. I understand that there are some available in the car park for another place. As I have said previously, it is not for the Government to install…14 Mar 2022HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsMy Lords, the Government have already taken action—14 Mar 2022HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsOne moment; the EV home-charge scheme, which the noble Lord will know was previously focused on single-unit owner-occupied households, is now being closed to those households and…14 Mar 2022HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsThe Government take the issue of interoperability of charging points very seriously. We are seeing the market moving towards a smaller number of varying charges, and we will…14 Mar 2022HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsUnfortunately, the noble Lord’s question goes a little bit beyond my brief today, and indeed beyond my department. However, I will be very happy to speak to my colleagues in BEIS,…14 Mar 2022HANSARDGoods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 24 January be approved. Relevant document: 29th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…14 Mar 2022HANSARDGoods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022The noble Baroness is covering a point that I deleted from my briefing, sadly, because I did not think it would come up, and therefore it is not at the top of my mind. There are…09 Mar 2022HANSARDGoods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I beg to move that these regulations be considered. This instrument amends legislation governing the goods vehicle operator licensing regimes in Great Britain and…09 Mar 2022HANSARDGoods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, as ever, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, and the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for their contributions to this DfT SI. Once again, I express my regret that an…09 Mar 2022HANSARDGoods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. Relevant document: 29th Report from the Secondary Legislation…09 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Improvement PlansMy Lords, we committed to £3 billion of new spend over the course of this Parliament, and that is what we will deliver. In addition, the noble Lord will recall that my noble…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Improvement PlansYes, I can. There will be probably three different tranches of funding. Some areas—those that produced the best BSIPs, matching all the stated outcomes set out in the national bus…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Improvement PlansTo a certain extent, that is the direction of travel we are moving in— particularly for the large urban areas. For example, Manchester, Liverpool and West Yorkshire—the combined…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Improvement PlansMy Lords, we asked the local transport authorities to be ambitious and, goodness gracious, they were. That is absolutely right. Indeed, I am not sure I have ever done a…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Improvement PlansMy Lords, our national bus strategy asks that all English local transport authorities outside London publish bus service improvement plans—BSIPs—setting out local visions for the…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Improvement PlansI am trying to piece that all together. I think that what the noble Baroness refers to as the first wave is perhaps the places we mentioned in the levelling up White Paper. Those…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Improvement PlansHow could I disagree with that? That is absolutely right, but there are lots of factors in terms of increasing frequency, and part of that involves local authorities putting in…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Improvement PlansI absolutely agree with my noble friend, and there is an awful lot that we will work together on with the local authorities, versus what they have in their BSIPs, to encourage…08 Mar 2022HANSARDTaxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) BillMy Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Borwick for bringing forward this Bill, which the Government wholeheartedly support. I am also so grateful for the support expressed for…04 Mar 2022HANSARDTaxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) BillI am very grateful to my noble friend for giving me the opportunity to write to him on that.04 Mar 2022