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HANSARDDrink-Drive LimitThe noble Baroness is right. The primary audience of THINK!, the flagship road safety campaign, is young men aged 17 to 24. The campaign targets priority issues, such as…22 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Maritime Organization: Net-Zero FrameworkI am here again. The United Kingdom is disappointed that adoption of the IMO net-zero framework has been delayed by a year. This stalls crucial efforts to give the maritime sector…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDrink-Drive LimitMy noble friend has my deep condolences for her family’s loss; I am sure that is echoed by your Lordships’ House. The Government’s view is that driving under the influence of…22 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Maritime Organization: Net-Zero FrameworkThe simple answer to the noble Lord is yes. Adopting the IMO net-zero framework is vital for climate action and giving industry the certainty it needs to make net-zero shipping a…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDrink-Drive LimitThe noble Baroness makes a strong point. Drug-driving is as lethal as drink-driving. She will know that there has been some recent publicity about that particular method of…22 Oct 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesThe noble Baroness has a good point. The regulator necessarily needs to give a successful open access application sufficient time to recover the significant costs of rolling…22 Oct 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesI am surprised that the noble Lord does not know the answer to that, as one of the many former Secretaries of State for Transport in the Chamber. The answer is that there are…22 Oct 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesThe curtailment of phase 2a of HS2 was a peremptory decision taken with little thought and, I suggest, no good information. The result is that, as the noble Earl says, the west…22 Oct 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesI think the railway trade unions are quite capable of speaking for themselves. The noble Lord is right: I did say that open access provides benefits such as improved connectivity…22 Oct 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesThe noble Lord has drunk his own Kool-Aid on this. I made it quite clear that there are benefits to be provided. He also needs to do a bit of careful research, because there are…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, for moving this amendment on a new national lane rental scheme. As the noble Lord says, he and I have exchanged correspondence on this…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, for tabling Amendments 52 and 57, which are important. The rollout of public and domestic charge point infrastructure is vital…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDrink-Drive LimitMy Lords, this Government take road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. We are considering a range of policies…22 Oct 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesMy Lords, in the right circumstances, open access operations can provide benefits such as improved connectivity and choice for passengers, but they can also increase costs to…22 Oct 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesI listened to my noble friend with care and respect because he has significant prior experience in running railways. He is right that we should be careful, because we are dealing…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for the amendment, which seeks to remove the Secretary of State’s ability to grant powers to an acquiring authority to compulsorily…22 Oct 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesMy noble friend is correct. Both the east coast and west coast main lines are now heavily constrained, and under the current arrangements the regulator, the Office of Rail and…22 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Railways: Rolling StockThe noble Baroness is right that there are a lot of old vehicles. The average age of vehicles on the national network is 17 years. There are 12,000 vehicles across 14 operators,…21 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Railways: Rolling StockThe Government’s policy is to continue to use the private sector to supply rolling stock to the British railway market. That has been quite clear since the manifesto before the…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 16 July be approved. Relevant document: 34th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…21 Oct 2025