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HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. It has been a very interesting series of contributions on the subject of safety, which we will…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on this group. I was particularly interested in the comments on my Amendment 34, which I thought would bring some…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 9A and 9B, which are in my name—these are manuscript amendments—as well as Amendment 10. I will explain to noble Lords why I felt the need to…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate and for the support I have received from many colleagues. My noble friend Lord Tunnicliffe…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a group that somebody has decided to call “operations”, which is fine. I have two short amendments in this group. Amendment 5 relates to the consultation…06 Feb 2024HANSARDEast Coast Main LineMy Lords, will the Minister explain why this government-owned railway, LNER, has apparently changed all the fare structures to remove most saver and supersaver fares—presumably…24 Jan 2024HANSARDPrivate Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 2023That this House regrets that the Private Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 2023, while providing improved safety and visibility designs, do not set out the need, timing…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPrivate Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am very grateful to the large number of noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. We covered a wide range of level crossings and railways, and many other issues.…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPrivate Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to move this Motion, which many noble Lords will think is not the most important thing facing the country at this stage. Unfortunately,…17 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]I asked the Minister whether he would be prepared to meet me, one or two colleagues and perhaps the regulator, the Office of Rail and Road, so that we can understand a little more…15 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 37A. Before I start, I will comment on the noble Baroness’s introduction to her Amendment 25. What she proposes is extremely important. My…15 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall be brief. It has been an interesting debate on this group of amendments because we have started talking about infrastructure separately from what goes on it.…15 Jan 2024HANSARDLong-term Plan for HousingMy Lords, I have the honour of serving on the Built Environment Committee in your Lordships’ House, along with one or two other colleagues here. We have been listening to evidence…11 Jan 2024HANSARDStorms: Weather ResilienceMy Lords, the Somerset Levels have flooded every winter for the last 20 or 30 years, which often stops the railway and roads. I am told it is because the Environment Agency has…11 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I will intervene very briefly and apologise for being late. I support my noble friend Lord Liddle in his comments on Amendment 49 and the need for an advisory council.…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, in principle I support the amendments in this group. Noble Lords who have tabled them have given us some pretty concerning views on what might happen when things go…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a very interesting and incredibly important group of amendments. My noble friend Lord Tunnicliffe’s introduction was masterful in setting out all the problems.…10 Jan 2024HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, we are on to the third group and I will speak to Amendments 7 and 9 in my name. To some extent, Amendment 7 follows on from what the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, who is not…11 Dec 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support this little debate that we are having, in particular the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, about the fire risk. I, too, have been studying…11 Dec 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]11 Dec 2023