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HANSARDEuropean Union Entry/Exit SystemThe noble Lord is quite correct that there is considerable flexibility, certainly in the early days of the scheme, to suspend it for the benefit of traffic getting through. The…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEuropean Union Entry/Exit SystemI thank my noble friend. I will have to take some advice on how that works; it is not immediately apparent that it is connected with the EES, but I will go away and answer his…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEuropean Union Entry/Exit SystemOf course, one has to be very sympathetic about the considerable disruption that Brock causes. Since they took office, the Government have been thinking about what else can be…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEuropean Union Entry/Exit SystemMy Lords, the European Union’s Entry/Exit System, EES, is now expected to be introduced in October 2025, with checks taking place on UK soil at the juxtaposed controls at the Port…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEuropean Union Entry/Exit SystemI am afraid it is a revelation to me that there is such a facility at Stansted, but, now that I know, I will go away and look at the noble Baroness’s remarks to see what can be…09 Jul 2025HANSARDEuropean Union Entry/Exit SystemOf course, the primary aim of government has to be to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is in place at juxtaposed portals ahead of the implementation of the system. The EES…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetI am sorry. That is a slip of the tongue caused by looking at my notes. I should have said on time and on budget. We do not always do them badly. If noble Lords look at the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetI thank the noble Lord and former Secretary of State, of which there seem to be very many on the Opposition Benches, for his remarks and observations.19 Jun 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetI thank my noble friend for that. There is no latest cost estimate. One of the things we are absolutely resolved to do is not to have such a cost estimate until Mark Wild and the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetMy Lords, I start by emphasising the benefits of a new railway to the Midlands and the north of England. Both the noble Lord and the noble Baroness referred to the capacity of the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSelf-driving Vehicles: Disabled PassengersI have no doubt that the noble Lord spends far longer reading the Daily Telegraph than I have time for. As it happens, I did not read that particular article, but I do know of the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSelf-driving Vehicles: Disabled PassengersThe Government are really committed to including people with disabilities in mainstream life and work, and I think the availability of autonomous vehicles ought, over time, to…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSelf-driving Vehicles: Disabled PassengersThe noble Baroness is entirely right. One of the really good prospects here is the provision of public services to people in rural areas where buses, with the best will in the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSelf-driving Vehicles: Disabled PassengersThe noble Baroness is right: safety has to be the first priority here. There has been a great deal of work worldwide on this. Clearly, the primary consideration for the adoption…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSelf-driving Vehicles: Disabled PassengersThere must have been a shadow of a question in there somewhere, but I agree with the noble Lord that it is an exciting prospect. He is right that the potential here is to increase…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSelf-driving Vehicles: Disabled PassengersI thank my noble friend for that question. The Government are consulting on an integrated transport policy, which will of course include provision for disabled people. In the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSelf-driving Vehicles: Disabled PassengersThe noble Baroness knows that we consider the implications of transport for people with disabilities extraordinarily seriously. Whatever individual providers have said—and some of…19 Jun 2025HANSARDSelf-driving Vehicles: Disabled PassengersMy Lords, the Secretary of State must, by law, consider whether and to what extent granting a permit for an automated passenger service is likely to help improve understanding of…19 Jun 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetIt is right to say that the public need to be onside with these huge projects. Although, clearly, this is a high-speed rail project, I started what I said today with a reminder…19 Jun 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetThe Government are creating a new body out of the IPA and the NIC. We expect it to assist those projects to help them do these jobs better. There are a number of projects through…19 Jun 2025