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HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: EnglandMy Lords, I think good ideas should not be party political. The noble Lord, Lord Snape, mentioned the £5 billion. If he were to read the—I would say “small print” but it was not…18 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: EnglandI thank the noble Lord for his somewhat lengthy contribution.18 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: EnglandI thank my noble friend for his warm words about the bus strategy—it is nice to have some. The noble Lord also makes a very important point: because we are giving more local…18 Mar 2021HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, and the noble Lords, Lord Rosser and Lord Berkeley, for giving me the opportunity to explain the Government’s position. Of…18 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: EnglandThe noble Baroness raises an important point which is directly relevant to the support we are providing to the bus sector at the moment. Noble Lords will be aware that we have…18 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: EnglandThe noble Lord is right, and in the middle of his contribution he basically set out what is in the strategy: giving control and accountability to local authorities. He made some…18 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: EnglandI thank my noble friend for his warm welcome of the strategy. I note that he has been a doughty campaigner on the issue of audio-visual announcements on buses. I feel very sorry…18 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: EnglandOther noble Lords are saying very lengthy; I would not say so. I might pick out something of great importance that the noble Lord said about bus priority, because it is a big…18 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: EnglandOh, my Lords—my officials and I spent a year working really hard on this strategy and it has been welcomed by bus operators, local authorities, passenger groups and groups…18 Mar 2021HANSARDHauliersMy Lords, I am enormously grateful to my noble friend Lord Taylor of Holbeach for raising this important issue and, of course, for the contributions of all noble Lords. I am also…04 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementThe Government will provide funding to TfL. We have already said that we will and that we want to keep the capital moving. That is essential. We can also agree that the forecast…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementHad the noble Lord given me fair warning of that question, I would have been delighted to answer it for the Chamber. However, I will discuss very briefly the amount of funding…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementThe noble Lord is right that London will play a very important part in the economic future of our nation; in 2018 it made 23% of UK GDP. But while much of the funding for…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementMy noble friend raises a very interesting period of time that unfortunately I do not remember, but it is the case that the Mayor of London has some very interesting ideas as to…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementMy Lords, TfL has also received billions of pounds over the Covid pandemic. I am not sure where the noble Baroness is getting her information from about the differential between…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementMy Lords, the Government are committed to providing Transport for London with a financial deal that is sustainable, supports London’s recovery and keeps the capital moving. Any…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementMy noble friend is quite right: there have been some quite interesting fare increases—or not—from the mayor over recent years. We estimate that over the past four years his fares…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementThere are many strands to the capital programme. Some of them are short- to medium-term. The Government will expect the mayor to make decisions that encourage the economic growth…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementThe noble Baroness is right that the Government did commission that report. It extends to many hundreds of pages, and contains a huge amount of commercial information which we…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTransport for London: Financial SettlementAs transport in London is devolved, the Government have not assessed the usefulness or otherwise of the River Thames. I suggest that the noble Lord takes that up with the Mayor of…02 Mar 2021