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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will make just a few points about the former £2 national bus fare cap. The first is quite obvious. The previous Government left no forward funding for that scheme at…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, for Amendment 14. I know through discussions with her that she has a keen interest in protecting vital services, especially those outside…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their comments on the Government’s amendments. I listened carefully to what the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, had to say and her…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I turn to a series of four government amendments which place requirements on franchising authorities relating to accessibility. The first of these amendments, Amendment…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]The noble Lord quotes a subsidy figure for London, which is a world city of 10 million people. A choice is made by the Mayor of London in respect of the balance between fares and…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 9 from the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, requires authorities to publish a statement outlining their objectives, reasons and supporting evidence. My department has…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for this amendment and the noble Lord, Lord Goddard, for his intervention. It is helpful of him to have quoted those figures, which I…26 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, before I begin to address the amendments, I thank noble Lords for their continued contributions to the Bill. It remains clear to me that we share a common goal to…26 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowThe noble Lord may know that I am tolerably familiar with the essential nature of flights from Northern Ireland to mainland England, Wales and Scotland because of the Union…25 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowThe British public are entitled to expect the airport to run properly, no matter who owns it. We are also entitled to expect that, as a major piece of public utility, it is…25 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowMy Lords, I share the sentiments expressed by the noble Lords who have just spoken about the firefighters and other emergency responders who went to the site of the substation…25 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowI thank my noble friend for that contribution. I also respect the National Preparedness Commission and know how useful it is because I was, fairly briefly, a not particularly…25 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowI thank the noble Lord for that contribution. It is, of course, hugely inconvenient to have your flight turned around in mid-air. I absolutely agree that clear communication is…25 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowThe Government are committed to reaching net zero by 2050, as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008. The Government will set out details on plans for meeting legislated carbon…25 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowProvided that a suitable proposition comes forward for the expansion of Heathrow, it is inevitable that all the things that the noble Baroness mentions will have to be considered…25 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowI am willing to have great sympathy with the noble Baroness and her experiences. People’s travel is important to them, whether it is personal, recreational or for business. The…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommercial Vehicles: SafetyI thank the noble Baroness, and she is absolutely right that the general safety regulations were mandated by the European Union in 2022. Prior to the United Kingdom leaving the…19 Mar 2025HANSARDCommercial Vehicles: SafetyTo the serious point that the noble Lord raises, the Government are continuing to modernise the requirements for vehicles on British roads and are continuing to insist on the…19 Mar 2025HANSARDCommercial Vehicles: SafetyThe safety requirements that the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, asked me about are those applicable to new vehicles. The standards of safety that apply to all vehicles on the UK’s…19 Mar 2025