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HANSARDHS2: Speed RestrictionsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to avoid significant settlements, and consequent speed restrictions, on the route of the HS2 rail line in the area above…13 Jul 2022HANSARDHS2: Speed RestrictionsI am grateful to the noble Baroness for that helpful Answer. She will be aware that underneath the area where the line goes north of Crewe, there are caverns that are 200 metres…13 Jul 2022HANSARDM56 Motorway (Junctions 6 to 7) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2022My Lords, I support most of what the noble Baroness said in introducing this short debate. We are starting to hear that the Government are changing metres into feet or miles, but…11 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 18 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire. I support everything he said. I am worried about the powers that the Government…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]To go back to Amendment 20, the noble Baroness gave some useful explanation of the definition of a utility. I want to go on briefly to the example that the noble Lord, Lord…06 Jul 2022HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (Crewe–Manchester) BillThe House will know that this is a standard carry-over Motion, and it is welcome, but I question the timing. This Bill has only recently had its Second Reading in the House of…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, but particularly those tabled by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. In his introduction, he emphasised the importance…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I take the noble Lord back to his response on Amendment 18 in relation to public passenger transport services. He argued, probably rightly, that they are the responsibility of the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 7. I do not think I need comment on any of the other amendments in this group. I tabled this probing amendment to ask why this particular…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Lord for expanding fully on these amendments but in the case of some of the categories in Schedule 4, there is no regulator with the power to appoint…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I am sorry.04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 2, and tabled Amendments 25 to 27. The noble Baroness raised some interesting questions. I will start by trying to establish some…04 Jul 2022HANSARDWest Coast Main LineMy Lords, Great British Railways is coming into effect in, I am sure the Minister hopes, a couple of years. She will be directly responsible for all the trains that are on time…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I found the explanation of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, quite interesting, but whether he is correct, we will have to wait for the Minister’s response to find out. My problem, as…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Why not?04 Jul 2022HANSARDAirports: DelaysMy Lords, is it not about time that the airlines stopped selling tickets that they cannot deliver? Should they not reduce the number of sales until they are absolutely certain…30 Jun 2022HANSARDIndustrial Action on the RailwaysMy Lords, I get the impression that this crisis has just occurred in the past week, but that is not the case. The trade unions have been talking about this for a long time; the…20 Jun 2022HANSARDHovercraft (Application of Enactments) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Amendment Order 2022What about Wales?15 Jun 2022HANSARDHovercraft (Application of Enactments) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Amendment Order 2022My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her introduction of this very interesting SI. My first question is: why now, apart from the fact that Brexit has happened? We…15 Jun 2022HANSARDCivil Servants: Reduction in NumbersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of reducing the number of civil servants by 10 per cent on the processing of applications by (1) the…15 Jun 2022