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HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls on TrainsI thank the noble Lord for his observations about alcohol. Travel on the railway means many different things to different people; a 15 or 20-minute journey is certainly…24 Feb 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls on TrainsI assure the noble Lord that tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for the British Transport Police. At the meeting I previously referred to with the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls on TrainsI thank my noble friend. It was quite a long time ago, but I was responsible for the original drink ban on the London Underground, which was enacted by the second Mayor of London.…24 Feb 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls on TrainsThe British Transport Police is governed by the British Transport Police Authority, which is independent. There are no statutory powers that I or the Government have to intervene.…24 Feb 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls on TrainsTaking the noble Baroness’s second point first, I completely agree that it is highly desirable to design out those features of railway travel which might contribute to any…24 Feb 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls on TrainsMy Lords, tackling violence against women and girls on the railway network is a priority for the department, with my honourable friend the Minister for Local Transport and…24 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]One of the reasons why is because it is not in the industry’s interest to have poor-quality operations competing with it; that is true in respect of both the goods sector and the…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, the imminence of the recess suggests to me that I should not challenge the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, in his knowledge of the history of the traffic commissioners, but I…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. I was referring to support to local authorities for home-to-school transport schemes. I will take that away and come back to him with…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, and the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for their amendments; I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Burns, for his remarks just now. The Government…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. Before I got to the railway, I spent most of my adult life trying to encourage people who control bus services not to rely on the…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lady Pidgeon, for Amendment 58. It seeks to require local authorities to ensure that…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 51 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, would require local transport authorities to review the impact of bus fares on patronage. Where a local…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Before I address the amendments in this group in turn, I wish to say that I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, and the noble Baronesses,…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will address Amendments 54 and 55 together. I listened carefully, as I hope that I always do, to the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, who talked about her real…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for that. I will certainly think about whether, and at what stage, the department would look at that further. I am certainly not going to commit to it…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend for his intervention. First, the ultra-light tram development in Coventry is still a tram—it has steel wheels on steel rails, so it is still a tram.…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 49 in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Pidgeon and Lady Grey-Thompson, and the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, and Amendment 78 tabled by the noble Baroness,…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, for his remarks on Amendment 82. I also thank him, the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and all other noble Lords for the issues they have raised…13 Feb 2025