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HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Young, for tabling Amendment 9 and for our productive meeting the other day. I recognise that there is a question of whether public ownership will…06 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024My Lords, with permission, I shall start the concluding paragraph again. To conclude, we must act now to address the global challenge of climate change. Historically, the aviation…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024My Lords, the order was laid in draft before this House on 24 July 2024. It will ensure that sustainable aviation fuel, also known as SAF—I hope that your Lordships will tolerate…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I will take the questions from the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, first. Her first questions were about the length…05 Nov 2024HANSARDFranchising Schemes (Franchising Authorities) (England) Regulations 2024I thank noble Lords and the noble Baroness for their extensive comments. I turn first to the noble Lord, Lord Grayling, and his remarks about where this might apply and the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. He is right that there are two mechanisms. The revenue support mechanism Bill will introduce revenue certainty for SAF producers…05 Nov 2024HANSARDFranchising Schemes (Franchising Authorities) (England) Regulations 2024My Lords, these draft regulations relate to access to bus franchising powers for all types of local transport authorities in England outside London. The regulations bring into…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024. Relevant document: 1st Report from the Secondary Legislation…05 Nov 2024HANSARDFranchising Schemes (Franchising Authorities) (England) Regulations 2024I am citing sums which are available in 2025-26. I disagree with the noble Lord in conceptual terms that it is the worst settlement for years, to paraphrase him. It is a very good…05 Nov 2024HANSARDFranchising Schemes (Franchising Authorities) (England) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Franchising Schemes (Franchising Authorities) (England) Regulations 2024. Relevant document: 3rd Report from the Secondary Legislation…05 Nov 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateIndeed, happy Diwali. The ship was on its way to its home base of Malta and, given the likely conditions in the Bay of Biscay and the weather at the time of year, the ship’s…31 Oct 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateBut not by me.31 Oct 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateI thank the noble Lord for that. I hope he goes nowhere near Great Yarmouth for the foreseeable future. It is a serious point, and the Health and Safety Executive has been fully…31 Oct 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateI thank the noble Lord for that information.31 Oct 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateGiven what the noble Lord has said, I will ask again, but I emphasise that as far as the port is concerned this is a routine activity and accounts for no more than removal of the…31 Oct 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateThe noble Lord is right that it is my first maritime Question. I was not expecting to be so knowledgeable about ammonium nitrate 48 hours ago, but I am now and I welcome his…31 Oct 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateI am told that handling ammonium nitrate is a normal operational activity at Great Yarmouth, as we have heard. My understanding is that there has been no special public…31 Oct 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateThe noble Baroness is obviously right that this is an important issue. I will write to her about the current position in this respect, but I have to say that the position of the…31 Oct 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateI echo what the noble Lord says about the port of Great Yarmouth. The department has engaged with HMRC and the Department for Business and Trade, which have separately considered…31 Oct 2024HANSARDMV “Ruby”: Ammonium NitrateMy Lords, the explosion in Beirut occurred because of the incorrect storage of a large amount of ammonium nitrate over a prolonged period. It was stored in a shed, alongside…31 Oct 2024