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HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charge PointsMy Lords, I got this information from the Government’s Consultation Response: EV Charge P oints in Residential and Non-residential Buildings , dated November 2021. The executive…26 Jan 2022HANSARDTransport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services Licence Modification Appeals) (Prescribed Aerodromes) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in yet another short debate on navigation systems. I was very grateful to the Minister for writing to noble Lords to…25 Jan 2022HANSARDTrain Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I suppose that I could have added airline pilots to the wording of my amendment, but I did not. First, I want to make it quite clear that I welcome these regulations…24 Jan 2022HANSARDTrain Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I am also grateful to the Minister for her answers, which have cleared up a lot of our…24 Jan 2022HANSARDTrain Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2022I have often wondered about that. First class too?24 Jan 2022HANSARDTrain Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2022At the end insert “but that this House regrets that the regulations, while providing interoperability for train drivers between Ashford and Calais, do not extend to full European…24 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineThere are terrible things going on in Belarus, between Belarus and Poland. I have some friends in the Baltic states who are reporting similar troop build-ups along the frontiers…18 Jan 2022HANSARDInternational Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation (Legal Capacities) Order 2022My Lords, I welcome this order. As the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord Greenway, said, it is well overdue but is certainly going to happen. It appears to be going at a faster…13 Jan 2022HANSARDRailway Timetables: DisruptionMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, mentioned the 10% cut that the Treasury has asked all the rail industry to impose. Can the Minister confirm that the Night Riviera…13 Jan 2022HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 (Airspace Change Directions) (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2022My Lords, I welcome this regulation. On first reading, I thought that it was a bit of a sledge-hammer to crack a nut, but when you start reading the Aerospace Modernisation…13 Jan 2022HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Order 2022My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing this fascinating draft order. It is interesting that the Government blame everything on things coming from the Far East, be…13 Jan 2022HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Order 2022Before the noble Baroness sits down, could she write with a list of prosecutions that the MCA has done on these issues? She mentioned that, for non-compliance, the MCA would be…13 Jan 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Bakewell said in her follow-up question that there had been 732 convictions. From the Minister’s Answer, I get the impression that only 10% of those…10 Jan 2022HANSARDEnergy CostsMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on securing this debate. It is topical and she outlined very clearly the problems that we face. I was struck by her figure of 6 million…06 Jan 2022HANSARDGlobal Traffic Scorecard: LondonMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the three most congested roads in London are the A503, the A2 and the North Circular Road, which are multilane roads with no cycle lanes?…05 Jan 2022HANSARDIntegrated Rail Plan: Northern Powerhouse AreaBriefly, Great Western electrification finished about five years ago and Network Rail has improved things as a result. That was true at that time but things have got a lot better.…16 Dec 2021HANSARDIntegrated Rail Plan: Northern Powerhouse AreaMy Lords, I am pleased that we can have a quick debate about the integrated rail plan this afternoon. My question relates to the capacity and regional capability contained in the…16 Dec 2021HANSARDIntegrated Rail Plan: Northern Powerhouse AreaTo ask Her Majesty’s Government how the Integrated Rail Plan will deliver the (1) capacity, and (2) regional connectivity, sought for the Northern Powerhouse area.16 Dec 2021HANSARDAjax Noise and Vibration ReviewMy Lords, listening to the questions and the Minister’s answers persuades me that this is a complete disaster, as we have debated in your Lordships’ House quite a few times now,…16 Dec 2021HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing yet another set of regulations, which we seem to have debated quite frequently over the last few months, as she said. They…14 Dec 2021