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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention, and I will certainly write to her on that basis.11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]11 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI thank my noble friend for that question, and this department will do all it can to facilitate the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.03 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI assure the noble Baroness that the criteria that she has set out for airport expansion proposals are indeed those that the Government would use to look at any application for a…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThe noble Lord, Lord Moylan, is completely correct about the ownership of Heathrow Airport Ltd, which of course is likely to be a promoter—but possibly not the only one—of a third…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionAn expansion of Heathrow will be of benefit to the entire UK, not just London and the south-east. A recent analysis suggested that over half the benefits would in fact be in the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI will be interested to discuss with the noble Lord his view of the question he has asked, because, of course, he was Secretary of State for Transport in his time. Certainly, the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThe costs of a third runway depend, of course, on the proposals of the promoter to deliver it. Without that proposition, we cannot usefully have a debate about how much it might…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionThe noble Lord is very familiar with the processes that have been gone through so far. The answer to that question is that it really depends on what is submitted by the promoter…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI shall have to write to the noble Baroness, but otherwise I agree with everything she said.03 Feb 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionI am not intimately familiar with the proportion of air freight that arrives in Heathrow on aircraft solely adapted for cargo. My understanding is that much of the air freight…03 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his interjection. In his case, it is true, but there are other cases where the market has shown a considerable inability to respond across the country.…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Of course I respect the noble Lord’s view, but the needs of local communities as expressed through local transport authorities are continuous and there are many examples across…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his intervention; my response to him will probably be very similar to what I said at the time. First, the allocation methodology was far more…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I will now address the amendments relating to local authorities, specifically the Bill’s grant-making powers, functions and duties. Before I address the amendments tabled by your…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]The noble Lord is absolutely right. I thank him for his further intervention; we got there between us, even though neither of us could remember to start with. Those are pretty…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend for his intervention. The real security in this—at least for passengers, and indeed for local transport authorities—is actually with the traffic…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I will first address Amendments 9 and 10 from my noble friend Lord Woodley. The option of a direct award is designed to support the transition to bus franchising, bringing forward…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, the first group of amendments relates to the Bill’s purpose. At Second Reading, I set out the need for this Bill and explained why the Government are taking action to…28 Jan 2025