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HANSARDMotorway Speed CamerasThe noble Lord is subject to the same legislation about driving properly as all the rest of us. The variable speed limit signs are particularly used on busy urban roads to even…21 Jan 2026HANSARDMotorway Speed CamerasI think the date was October, not September, but we can confirm that. The purpose of the review, which is a serious activity, is to make sure that this does not happen again. In…21 Jan 2026HANSARDMotorway Speed CamerasI understand the point that the noble and learned Lord is making. The Government have to be a good custodian of public money and therefore should understand whether there is a…21 Jan 2026HANSARDMotorway Speed CamerasI defer absolutely to the noble Lord’s knowledge of the M1 in Bedfordshire and will, of course, ask National Highways officials whether it is the case that it is permanently at 60…21 Jan 2026HANSARDMotorway Speed CamerasIf that was a question, all I can say is that the noble Lord has given his own answer.21 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailMy Lords, the Statement by my honourable friend the Secretary of State in the other place last Wednesday set out a practical and deliverable set of railway improvements in…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailThe £45 billion is in 2025 pounds. I think the noble Lord will recognise that, for example, we have been accounting for HS2 in 2019 prices for a number of years, which is clearly…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailThe simple answer is yes. What the north of England needs is better, more reliable connectivity, most importantly at a frequency at which a timetable is not needed. This is the…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailI am delighted that the right reverend Prelate has raised that, because I discussed this very subject with Kim McGuinness two or three times in the last month. The extension of…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailI thank my noble friend for raising a really important point. First, the mayors are party to the proposal, and there is a compact with each of them in the northern growth…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailLet us not assume that the cap will be busted, because the progress on the trans-Pennine route upgrade demonstrates pretty satisfactorily that, planned properly, you can make…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailI will not spoil the Answer to my noble friend’s Question tomorrow, except to say that the east coast main line has a better timetable with more trains on it. The Government do…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailMy noble friend is right: the Government are retaining that part of the land between the West Midlands and Crewe that they have bought for precisely that purpose, because they…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailThe answer to my noble friend is yes. The trans-Pennine route upgrade will make a significant improvement to the journey time across the Pennines. In addition, the intention is to…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailThe noble Baroness is right that railway improvements, sadly, take a very long time. They take a long time to be delivered safely, unlike in the Victorian era when hundreds of…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailI agree with my noble friend. There are some remarkable structures, either in the ground or coming out of the ground, for HS2, but he would have to agree with me that you have to…19 Jan 2026HANSARDBuses: Safety and SecurityI have never heard of any mandate for winter tyres. The speed at which the weather changes, given the climate change just discussed in this Chamber, would make changing tyres…08 Jan 2026HANSARDBuses: Safety and SecurityI refer my noble friend to the Road Safety Strategy that has just been published—the first for many years—which sets out a whole variety of actions to be taken with vehicles,…08 Jan 2026HANSARDBuses: Safety and SecurityI already referred to the UK bus manufacturing expert panel, which has been set up by this Government precisely to support the UK bus manufacturing industry. I also said that we…08 Jan 2026HANSARDBuses: Safety and SecurityThe noble Lord is clearly in possession of information that I do not have, because my department and other parts of government are still looking at this. But it is a fact of life…08 Jan 2026