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HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 26, in clause 38, page 25, line 35, at end insert— “(3A) A report published under subsection (3) must be laid before both Houses of Parliament.” This…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I accept the Minister’s assurance that, although he is not going to follow the affirmative principle, he is going to make the assessment available to us. With that, I beg to ask…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am pleased to hear that the register will be online. It is a shame; the Minister so nearly got there at the end by saying that he accepted the amendment—and then he did not. We…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)This amendment requires that the reports containing the Secretary of State’s conclusions on the monitoring and assessment of automated vehicle performance be laid before both…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Amendment 23 requires that a register of automated vehicle registrations is available online. The Government have to maintain a public register, but there is no commitment to its…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I agree with the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North—or maybe it was his daughter who I was agreeing with; I was not entirely clear. I wish her a happy 14th birthday.…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Holding a review is not binding the hands of any future Government. Setting a timeframe on it is definitely not binding their hands; it is actually just putting in a sensible…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a real delight to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Sir George. I rise briefly to support what the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North said about the important…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Two questions follow from what the Minister says. First, how does somebody prove that a vehicle was in self-driving mode where it has the option to switch between self-driving and…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Anyway, I will turn to new clause 5. In the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, there was a commitment on liability to the protection of victims and their ability to make a…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for confirming that the vehicle does not have to be in self-driving mode, and that a potential victim does not have to prove whether it was. I am…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Funny he should mention that! Call the date and we will be ready, if he can persuade the Prime Minister—2 May is still available. I was quite grateful for the answer because it…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I paraphrase—that was a potential interpretation of it. I would love him to clarify that this is not what he said.19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Vickers, for our consideration of this Bill, which I think it is fair to say has broad, cross-party parliamentary support. It will be…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am grateful for those answers. I suggest that this might be something we can debate a little further on Report. The Minister will perhaps be in a slightly different position…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I welcome the support for and analysis of the amendments from my hon. Friend the Member for Easington. I wondered whether we were missing something about kangaroos in Easington.19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am glad he has now clarified that. He is right that we have to anticipate perhaps not kangaroos but—19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. In the previous debate, the Minister was saying that the Opposition should just accept that they are not here to make…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Further to that point of order, Sir George. I thank you and Mr Vickers for chairing our sessions. I think this Committee is possibly unique in the history of Parliament in that…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 19, in clause 1, page 2, line 6, leave out “an acceptably safe standard” and insert— “a high standard of safety”.19 Mar 2024