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HANSARDE-ScootersMy noble friend has identified for your Lordships’ House the difference between illegal use of private e-scooters on public roads and the trials. To date, there have been 2…22 Apr 2021HANSARDE-ScootersI can certainly guarantee the latter: we will be consulting all sorts of people, when we make the final decision on the trials. As I noted, the trials are in place. I cannot go…22 Apr 2021HANSARDE-ScootersThat is a very specific question, to which I probably cannot provide an answer. As the noble Lord knows, when it comes to road safety, there are always benefits and significant…22 Apr 2021HANSARDE-ScootersWhen one purchases an e-scooter, the vast majority of retailers say that it is for use on private land only. I will take the noble Baroness’s comments back to the department to…22 Apr 2021HANSARDE-ScootersI have probably addressed many of the issues that the noble Lord points out. I will take that point about enforcement and what more we can do back to the Home Office. E-scooters…22 Apr 2021HANSARDE-ScootersMy noble friend is right that it can be a frightening prospect, particularly for vulnerable people using the road or pavement, to be terrorised by e-scooter users. But that does…22 Apr 2021HANSARDE-ScootersMy Lords, the Government believe that e-scooters, if used in the right way, have great potential and could encourage modal shift away from the car. That is why we are doing these…22 Apr 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords for their constructive engagement on these amendments, and for their comments and short contributions today.20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelI have neither the time nor the energy to set up a new political party, but I reassure the noble Lord that the integrated rail plan will be published soon and will set out plans…20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelI wish the noble Baroness well in France—and I am sure that I join many in this House in saying that I would quite like to join her. On the premise of this Question, I have…20 Apr 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not intend to detain the House for long with my explanation of these amendments, save only to note that the Bill had a relatively incident-free passage through the…20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelMy Lords, domestic air travel in the UK ensures regional connectivity and often assists ongoing international travel. It is also vital for supporting jobs, trade and investment…20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelThe noble Lord is quite right; I have looked at this and there are probably three routes to which this would apply—for Manchester, Leeds Bradford and Exeter. Our expectation is…20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelI would love to help the noble Lord. I fear that I am unable to explain it, and the irony in this Question is very clear to me; investment in High Speed 2 is clearly good for the…20 Apr 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 1 and 2.20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelI do not have a great insight into the Green Party of Germany, but I thank my noble friend for his contribution.20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelThe noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, indicated to me in the Chamber just then that they are a very small group within the Green Party. I, for one, offer them my…20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelThe noble Lord is quite right that customers could and should make various decisions based on price. That is why the Government asked for the Williams Rail Review to be done; I…20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelThe noble Baroness has deviated far from the Question at hand. Of course the Government are very focused on a green, sustainable recovery. As she will have noted in media reports…20 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Air TravelMy noble friend is quite right that we need an aviation sector strong enough to be able to invest in decarbonisation for the future. Alongside the aviation industry, the…20 Apr 2021