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HANSARDOld Oak Common: Train DisruptionI am not sure whether the noble Lord knows, but one of the things that I took on in my previous role was chairing the Euston Partnership, which I did for five years. In that time,…08 Jan 2025HANSARDOld Oak Common: Train DisruptionI welcome that question. One of the issues that arose was quite clearly that a number of Members of the other House had not received information about the closures in November and…08 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.08 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, before I come to the Bill, I will pay my respects to Baroness Randerson. Since being appointed to your Lordships’ House, Baroness Randerson served as a Government…08 Jan 2025HANSARDElectric Scooters and Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian SafetyI certainly know that the noble Lord has a strong view on this. We had a debate in the autumn and, as I said, a Question on this before Christmas. He is right in saying that there…07 Jan 2025HANSARDElectric Scooters and Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian SafetyI certainly understand the noble Baroness’s point. As far as e-scooters go, the last Government commissioned the trials in 2020 and legislation was promised in 2022 but not…07 Jan 2025HANSARDElectric Scooters and Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian SafetyIt is a shame that the previous Government did not carry through their intention to legislate in 2022. Deciding what the overall legislative policy of the Government should be is…07 Jan 2025HANSARDElectric Scooters and Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian SafetyI certainly have statistics about the number of people injured and killed in connection with cycling in general. I do not believe there are statistics specifically about these…07 Jan 2025HANSARDElectric Scooters and Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian SafetyI am certainly willing to commit to consultation with all the enforcement authorities on this, because it is very important, when we are able to do something about this, that the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDElectric Scooters and Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian SafetyIt is easy to recognise the position the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, talked about. Indeed, he talked about it in very similar terms the week before Christmas. It is primarily a…07 Jan 2025HANSARDElectric Scooters and Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian SafetyMy noble friend is right: there are plenty of imports and plenty of illegal sales of these in this country. It is a trading standards matter and there has been some action. If I…07 Jan 2025HANSARDElectric Scooters and Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian SafetyI certainly recognise the passion with which the noble Baroness speaks. Before Christmas, the Government published the English devolution White Paper, which has in it a provision…07 Jan 2025HANSARDElectric Scooters and Electric Bicycles: Pedestrian SafetyMy Lords, safety is our top priority, especially for our most vulnerable road users and disabled people. There will be no new categories of e-cycles or e-scooters before the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDCost of Living: Rail FaresThe pay increase for train drivers and other railway staff, made last July, was in truth very little different from the proposals of the previous Government—although these were…06 Jan 2025HANSARDCost of Living: Rail FaresMy Lords, before I answer the Question, I must say how sad I am to hear of the death of the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, who I have known for a long time. I was expecting to…06 Jan 2025HANSARDCost of Living: Rail FaresThe shortage of drivers, and in some cases train managers and guards, is endemic and a result of insufficient attention being paid over a long period of time—including the period…06 Jan 2025HANSARDCost of Living: Rail FaresI thank my noble friend for his question. The truth of the matter is that, although regulated fares are controlled by the Government, there are many other fares on the railways,…06 Jan 2025HANSARDCost of Living: Rail FaresI thank the noble Baroness for her warm tribute to Baroness Randerson. As I said, the Government are to have a rail sale early this year, in which many millions of tickets will be…06 Jan 2025HANSARDCost of Living: Rail FaresI thank the noble Lord for his comments on Baroness Randerson. On the future of the fares structure of the railway, it is overwhelmingly likely that, whoever the Secretary of…06 Jan 2025HANSARDCost of Living: Rail FaresThe first thing to say is that public ownership of the railways, as the noble Lord knows, is not the only issue that needs to be resolved for the railway to run better. He will…06 Jan 2025