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HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]I am always happy to meet the noble Lord.15 Jan 2024HANSARDDriving Licence: Young and Newly Qualified DriversThe noble Lord makes a very good point. I appreciate everything that he says.15 Jan 2024HANSARDDriving Licence: Young and Newly Qualified DriversI am afraid I am not in a position to comment on that. What I can say, on a very serious point, is that, overall, the figures for 2022 are that one fifth of all car collisions…15 Jan 2024HANSARDDriving Licence: Young and Newly Qualified DriversThe noble Baroness is absolutely right; I cannot disagree with her. That is why the Government have commissioned the young driver research piece, the Driver 2020 project, and I…15 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]The noble Baroness makes a fair point. I cannot give her an absolute answer on that one, but it is something I will certainly look into and come back to her on.10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendments in this group concern external oversight of the operation of the self-driving regulatory framework. This includes duties to report and consult. On the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]With respect to the noble Lord, I think there is a misunderstanding here and he thinks that we have picked the average. Perhaps we can clarify that with him at a later date. To…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]What I said was that, naturally, I believe our ambition is the right one. As the noble Lord himself touched on, it is the highest of the three standards consulted on by the Law…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, as has already been mentioned, this group relates to the standard of safety to which we will hold self-driving vehicles. Clause 1 establishes the concept of the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]I am sorry if the noble Lord took that view of it, but that was not my intention.10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to colleagues across the House for their contributions this afternoon and for the discussions that we have had on the Bill in recent weeks. The…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]I omitted to say that I will copy in all those noble Lords.10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness for that. She raised a number of important points that I have perhaps not addressed fully, and I would be very happy to go back and write to her…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, once again I thank noble Lords for their contributions. I begin with Amendments 29, 34 and 42, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted. The protection…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]I am grateful for the point that the noble Lord makes, but I come back to the point that the Government are very clear that we will consult representative organisations on the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDRefurbishing Trains: ContractsWell, the department is always talking with rail operators and manufacturers. Of course, rail manufacturers play an important role in growing the UK economy, and there is a strong…12 Dec 2023HANSARDRefurbishing Trains: ContractsWell, we have been subject to adverse weather, of course. I can, however, assure my noble friend that Network Rail is responsible for overhead lines. I will take her comments back…12 Dec 2023HANSARDRefurbishing Trains: ContractsIt has been the case for many years that train companies lease their rolling stock, and that still is the case.12 Dec 2023HANSARDRefurbishing Trains: ContractsThe contract with HS2 and Alstom will go forward in terms of phase 1.12 Dec 2023HANSARDRefurbishing Trains: ContractsI thank the noble Baroness for that question. What I can say to noble Lords that manufacturers are ultimately responsible for sourcing work for their assembly plants. There are…12 Dec 2023