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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Indeed. I am grateful to my noble friend for that observation. I should have also mentioned the situation in Cornwall, which is more or less franchising and in an area that can be…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak first to Amendments 26, 27 and 28, which have been tabled by the Government. A review of enhanced partnerships is under way and is due to conclude in the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will respond to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, on Clauses 18 and 19. On Clause 18, there is currently no one single source of…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I feel compelled to respond to the last point.11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I will finish it by feeling compelled to respond to the last two interventions. The noble Lord, Lord Moylan, referred to his doubt that you could see the cost and revenue for each…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I should say to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, that I completely agree with his sentiment, but I think that he has misunderstood what this clause seeks to achieve. There is…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, these amendments cover zero-emission buses, as the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, have rightly said. The restriction on the use of new…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityAs part of the Government’s plan for change, the creation of Great British Railways will unify track and train to deliver better services for passengers, increase revenue and…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityWe have been working hard to ensure that the new PSA will be a powerful watchdog, making sure that passengers have an independent voice in the industry which stands up for them.…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityThe document that the noble Lord refers to was actually published during the time he was the Secretary of State for Transport—by Network Rail, I should say—so it is not a recent…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityI cannot easily find that number my noble friend refers to. But it is true that, for example, the failure to resolve the wages issues with the principal trade unions led to the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityI am sure that if I cannot remember, the noble Lord will be able to. But he is right: roughly, the numbers doubled, and they did so because at the time of privatisation there was…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityI thank my noble friend for that, too. He is of course right: it is quite hard to distinguish what is going on on the railway from the general economy, principally because…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityIt is always a pleasure to see so many ex-Secretaries of State on the other side of the House—all of whom I have respect for and at least one of whom appointed me to my previous…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityWe will see when the time comes whether the new passenger standards authority is set up in time to deal with that question, but I am glad the noble Lord raised the east coast main…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityThe noble Lord is right: I promised him it would be ready in December. I was advised by a colleague here that I did not say which December, of course, but, as I said, it is…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPassenger Standards AuthorityI would not propose to take over anything from the Scottish Government. They are quite capable of running their railway themselves. The sleeper from Stranraer was abandoned some…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, before I commence my response, I would like to update your Lordships on progress since day one of the Grand Committee. I have met with several noble Lords to discuss the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I am so sorry to both noble Baronesses. That is my error. Amendment 42 in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, seeks to protect access to…11 Feb 2025