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HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I want to add a few words to the speeches of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and the noble Baroness. I, too, get confused about what the Government’s long-term objective…29 Oct 2024HANSARDVehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on his short introduction to this draft order. It is 14 pages of gobbledygook, mostly caused by Brexit and the inability of legislation in…29 Oct 2024HANSARDWhistleblowersMy Lords, last week I chaired a meeting upstairs with about two dozen whistleblowers, who each spoke about their experiences in the public sector and the private sector and their…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Snape’s Amendment 43 and will speak to many of the other amendments in this group. I support most of the statements that have been made…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI would be grateful if the Minister answered a couple of questions arising from the statement he has made, for which I am very grateful. He said that passengers do not want to be…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, this has been a very depressing debate—listening to the terrible problems that many noble Lords have had in using the rail network. It is wonderful that they have been…23 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 42 in this group. It is another attempt at putting a condition on the Government in bringing this Bill into effect, until the Crown Estate in…22 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness makes some very good points. The Greater Anglia service is awfully good: my two noble friends who have spoken about it have confirmed that, and I have…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I apologise for intervening earlier and preventing my noble friend responding on the British Transport Police issue, which is most important. I would like to ask him…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who took part in this short debate. My amendment was a probing one, as I said, and I have no regrets about tabling it because we…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his response to my amendment and other people’s. I have one or two questions that I hope will help the extended debate, because I do…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillBefore the Minister responds, perhaps I could add something to my noble friend’s comments on Avanti and performance. My noble friend Lord Snape mentioned, I think, a 60-something…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I will follow on from the interesting contributions from the noble Lords, Lord Lansley and Lord Young. I understood that Ministers had accepted that open access…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI beg leave to withdraw the amendment.21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group are all designed to try to get some information from the Government about the effect of the changes in this Bill. Will it help the…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI rise to move Amendment 11 and to speak to the other two amendments in this group. This is very much a probing amendment to explore where the new railway structure is going to…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 6 in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, I will speak to two other amendments in this group, including Amendment 41, to which the noble…21 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to add a little extra interest to the statements made by the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham. We discussed this at Second Reading and my Amendment 42, which…14 Oct 2024