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HANSARDPublic Transport: AccessibilityMy Lords, the Government are committed to improving public transport services so they enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. The Bus Services Act…24 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Transport: AccessibilityI do not think that is what I said, because if I meant to say what the noble Lord said, I would have said it. The point is that the definition of “taxi” is venerable and that…24 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Transport: AccessibilityThe noble Baroness is right: there are far too many varieties of train on the national network. While it has been possible to build and operate trains with level access to at…24 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Transport: AccessibilityI am sorry—I know quite a lot about the railway system, but I do not know the completion date for the station works at Macclesfield. I will find out for the noble Lord and write…24 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Transport: AccessibilityThe oldest railway in the world still needs better accessibility at many stations, between platforms and trains, and in information and customer service. We have committed to more…24 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Transport: AccessibilityMy noble friend makes a very good point. The variation in orders for railway rolling stock has been feast and famine. It resulted in the closure of several manufacturing…24 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Transport: AccessibilityI am delighted that my noble friend raised that. It is one of several stations that have been completed in the West Midlands; all are accessible and all will make travel around…24 Mar 2026HANSARDTrain Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026. Relevant document: 52nd Report from the Secondary Legislation…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTrain Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their attention and for their comments about this instrument. In response to the noble Baroness’s questions, I reassure her that I and my…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTrain Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, these regulations will lower the minimum age at which the Office of Rail and Road, ORR, can issue a train driving licence to a person to drive trains on the mainline…23 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Infrastructure Resilience: Storms and FloodsThe right reverend Prelate is completely right that the real costs of an interruption to the train service are suffered by individuals and businesses. This Question has so far…19 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Infrastructure Resilience: Storms and FloodsI thank the noble Baroness for her good wishes. There have been quite a lot of birthdays in my life so far. The Tarka line is part of what was the Southern route around the…19 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Infrastructure Resilience: Storms and FloodsI absolutely recognise that. The prolonged closure after the recent flooding has meant that Network Rail’s attention has been very sharply drawn to the need for both the…19 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Infrastructure Resilience: Storms and FloodsThe noble Earl asks a very pertinent question, and I will write to him. I believe that is true, but I cannot say for certain. Following the Carmont disaster, when people were…19 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Infrastructure Resilience: Storms and FloodsI think the previous chairman of Network Rail recalls one of the previous Secretaries of State telling him to do something like that—and, as an obedient public servant, that…19 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Infrastructure Resilience: Storms and FloodsAs an engineer, my noble friend will know that Brunel built the railway around the south Devon coast in 1846 and that it has been under attack by the tides and weather ever since.…19 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Infrastructure Resilience: Storms and FloodsMy Lords, my department’s climate adaptation strategy for transport embraces detailed work on the railway infrastructure by Network Rail. That organisation has produced weather…19 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Borwick, my noble friend Lord Blunkett and the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, for their amendments on taxi and private hire vehicle national…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI can absolutely confirm to the noble Baroness that I will do exactly that. It is a very important subject.05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am certainly not arguing that the needs of disabled people are different in different areas, but—and some noble Lords have heard this in the course of meetings that we have…05 Mar 2026